Brekke (village) explained

Official Name:	Brekke
Settlement Type:	Village
Pushpin Map:	Vestland#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:	left
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of the village
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Norway
Subdivision Name1:	Western Norway
Subdivision Name2:	Vestland
Subdivision Type3:	District
Subdivision Name3:	Sogn
Subdivision Type4:	Municipality
Subdivision Name4:	Gulen Municipality
Utc Offset1:	+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:	+02:00
Postal Code Type:	Post Code
Postal Code:	5961 Brekke
Elevation M:	4
Elevation Footnotes:	^[1]
Coordinates:	61.02°N 5.4614°W

Brekke is a village in the northeastern part of Gulen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village of Brekke has a population (2001) of 299 people.^[2]

Location

The village is located in the eastern part of the municipality on the southern shore of the Sognefjorden and the small Risnesfjorden inlet that branches off the main fjord. Brekke sits about a drive from the village of Eivindvik, the municipal center of Gulen Municipality. The European route E39 highway is accessible south of the village at the village of Instefjord. There is ferry service across the Sognefjorden available away at the village of Ytre Oppedal.

History

The old Brekke Municipality existed from 1850 until 1861 and then again from 1905 until 1964. The administrative center of the municipality of Brekke was the village of Brekke. The school, post office, Brekke Church, and municipal administration were all located in this village.^[3]

Name

The municipality is named after the old Brekke farm (Norse, Old: Brekka) since Brekke Church was located there. The name is identical to the old Norwegian word meaning "slope", probably since the village is built on the slopes leading down to the fjord.^{[4] [5]}

Climate

Brekke and its surroundings are notable as one of the wettest parts of Norway. The nearby weather station in Verkland, about to the south, recorded a record amount of rainfall in one calendar year. In 1990, there were of rain that fell. In the summer of 1964, Brekke received of rain, making that the wettest summer on record.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brekke. yr.no. Norwegian. 2014-01-01. 2009-09-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20090920195734/http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Sogn_og_Fjordane/Gulen/Brekke/. dead.
2. Folke- og boligtellingen 2001, kommune- og bydelshefter 1411 Gulen . 2001. Norwegian. PDF. Statistisk sentralbyrå. Statistics Norway.
3. Web site: Brekke – tidl. kommune. Store norske leksikon. Store norske leksikon. Norwegian. 2014-01-01. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192702/http://snl.no/Brekke/tidl._kommune. 2014-01-02.
4. Ross G.. Arthur. English-Old Norse Dictionary. 2002. Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. PDF.
5. Book: Rygh, Oluf. Oluf Rygh

   . Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt. 12. Oluf Rygh. W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. 1919. Kristiania, Norge. 192. Norwegian.

6. Web site: Brekke tettbebyggelse. Store norske leksikon. Store norske leksikon. Norwegian. 2014-01-01.