Bureå is a
locality
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situated in
Skellefteå Municipality
Skellefteå Municipality () is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Skellefteå.
History
Most of the amalgamations leading to the present municipality took place in 1967 when the then "City of Skelle ...
,
Västerbotten County
Västerbotten County ( sv, Västerbottens län) is a county or ''län'' in the north of Sweden. It shares the borders with the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Norrbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the Gulf of Bot ...
,
Sweden
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with 2,360 inhabitants in 2010.
The famous
Bure kinship
The Bure kinship (Swedish: ''Bureätten'') is a Scandinavian kinship, centered largely in the Skellefteå and Bureå areas in Northern Sweden.
Genealogical origins of the kinship are based to the most part on a Bure family genealogy written in t ...
is associated with the locality.
References
Populated places in Västerbotten County
Populated places in Skellefteå Municipality
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