Brekken (municipality)

Brekken Municipality
Brekken herred
View of the municipal government building
View of the municipal government building
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Sør-Trøndelag within Norway
Brekken within Sør-Trøndelag
Brekken within Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 62°38′50″N 11°52′20″E / 62.6473°N 11.8721°E / 62.6473; 11.8721
CountryNorway
CountySør-Trøndelag
DistrictGauldalen
Established1926
 • Preceded byRøros Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byRøros Municipality
Administrative centreBrekken
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total843 km2 (325 sq mi)
Population
 (1964)
 • Total964
 • Density1.1/km2 (3.0/sq mi)
DemonymBrekking[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1642[3]

Brekken is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 843-square-kilometre (325 sq mi) municipality existed along the border with Sweden from 1926 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality is now located in the northeastern part of what is now the municipality of Røros in Trøndelag county. The municipality encompassed the areas located to the north, east and southeast of the lake Aursunden. The administrative centre was the village of Brekken where Brekken Church is located.[4]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Haugen, Morten, ed. (28 November 2014). "Brekken – tidligere kommune". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 January 2018.