Brekken or Brekkebygd ( sma, Prahke) is a mountain village in
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
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and about northeast of the
town of Røros.
The village has a school, shop,
gas station
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Gasoline ...
,
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
botanist
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s,
geologists and
ornithologist
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s. The village was settled in the mid-1600s when the mining industry began in the
Røros area.
The village was the
administrative centre
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of the
municipality of Brekken from 1926 until its dissolution in 1964.
References
Røros
Villages in Trøndelag
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