Official Name: | Breive |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Agder#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Agder |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Setesdal |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Bykle |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 4755 Hovden i Setesdal |
Coordinates: | 59.5738°N 7.2904°W |
Elevation M: | 763 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Breive is a village in Bykle municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the northern part of the Setesdalen valley, on the northern shore of the lake Breivevatnet, about west of the village of Hovden. The small village has a handful of residences, mainly farms. The village grew up around two farmsteads that have been in use since before the 1600s.[2]