Brekke
Brekke is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The municipality has existed two separate times: from 1850 until 1861 and then again from 1905 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in the northeastern part of the present-day Gulen Municipality in Vestland county. The municipality encompassed about 207 square kilometres (80 sq mi) south of the Sognefjorden, centered on the Risnesfjorden arm that reaches to the south from the main fjord. The administrative center of the municipality was the village of Brekke, located on the southern shore of the Sognefjord, about a 35 kilometres (22 mi) drive from the village of Eivindvik. The main church for the municipality was Brekke Church.
Brekke Municipality
Brekke herad | |
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Former municipality | |
| Brække herred (historic name) | |
View of the village of Brekke | |
Sogn og Fjordane within Norway | |
Brekke within Sogn og Fjordane | |
| Coordinates: 61°01′07″N 05°27′41″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Sogn og Fjordane |
| District | Sogn |
| Established | 1850 |
| • Preceded by | Evenvig Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1861 |
| • Succeeded by | Lavik og Brekke Municipality |
| Re-established | 1 Jan 1905 |
| • Preceded by | Lavik og Brekke Municipality |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1964 |
| • Succeeded by | Gulen Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Brekke |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 207 km2 (80 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1414 |
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