Brekken is a village and former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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 county, Norway

Norway

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. It was located in the northeastern part of the present-day municipality of Røros

Røros

is a town and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Røros. Other villages include Brekken, Glåmos, Feragen, Galåa, and Hitterdalen....

. The village is located at the eastern end of the lake Aursund

Aursund

Aursunden is a lake in the municipality of Røros in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village of Brekken lies along the eastern shore and Glåmos lies along the western shore....

, just about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) west of the border with Sweden

Sweden

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The village, also called Brekkebygda, has a school, shop, gas station, post office

Post office

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, bank

Bank

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, sports fields, and Brekken Church

Brekken Church

Brekken Church is a parish church in the municipality of Røros in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the village of Brekken. The church was built in 1878 by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan, and it was consecrated on 17 July 1878 by the Bishop Andreas Grimelund...

. The Brekken airport opened in August 2009. The mountains around Brekken are easily accessible and offer various hiking opportunities in summer and winter. With all the nearby lakes and rivers, the area abounds in good fishing

Fishing

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. The area contains several sites of interest to botanists, geologist

Geologist

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s and ornithologists.

History

The parish

Parish

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 of Brekken was established as a municipality in 1926 when the large municipality of Røros was split into four separate municipalities: Brekken, Glåmos

Glåmos

Glåmos is a village and former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It was located in the northwestern part of the present-day municipality of Røros. The village of Glåmos is located along the river Glåma, just west of the lake Aursund and about north of the town of Røros...

, Røros bergstad, and Røros landsogn

Røros landsogn

Røros landsogn is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality encompassed the southern part of the present-day municipality of Røros, excluding the mining town of Røros bergstad, stretching all the way south to Femunden and the Swedish border.-History:The rural part of...

. Initially, Brekken had a population of 1,098. On 1 January 1964, the four municipalities were reunited under the name Røros. Before the merger Brekken had a population of 964.