Official Name: | Brekken |
Other Name: | Brekkebygd |
Native Name: | Prahke |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Trøndelag#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Central Norway |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Trøndelag |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Gauldalen |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Røros |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 7370 Brekkebygd |
Coordinates: | 62.6484°N 11.8652°W |
Elevation M: | 707 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Brekken or Brekkebygd (Southern Sami: Prahke) is a mountain village in the Røros municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located at the eastern end of the lake Aursunden, just about west of the border with Sweden and about northeast of the town of Røros.[2]
The village has a school, shop, gas station, post office, bank, sports fields, and Brekken Church. The small 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. The area contains several sites of interest to botanists, geologists and ornithologists. The village was settled in the mid-1600s when the mining industry began in the Røros area.
The village was the administrative centre of the municipality of Brekken from 1926 until its dissolution in 1964.