Brekke (village)

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]

Brekke
Village
View of the village area
Brekke
Location of the village
Brekke
Brekke (Norway)
Coordinates: 61°01′12″N 05°27′41″E
CountryNorway
RegionWestern Norway
CountyVestland
DistrictSogn
MunicipalityGulen Municipality
Elevation4 m (13 ft)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
5961 Brekke

Location
View of Brekke

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 35 kilometres (22 mi) drive from the village of Eivindvik, the municipal center of Gulen Municipality. The European route E39 highway is accessible 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) south of the village at the village of Instefjord. There is ferry service across the Sognefjorden available 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) away at the village of Ytre Oppedal.[3]

History
View of the local church

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.[4]

Name

The municipality is named after the old Brekke farm (Old Norse: 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.[5][6]

Climate

Brekke and its surroundings are notable as one of the wettest parts of Norway. The nearby weather station in Verkland, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the south, recorded a record amount of rainfall in one calendar year. In 1990, there were 5,546 millimetres (218.3 in) of rain that fell. In the summer of 1964, Brekke received 1,284 millimetres (50.6 in) of rain, making that the wettest summer on record.[3]

Climate data for Brekke (1961–1990)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °C (°F) −1.0
(30.2)		 −1.0
(30.2)		 1.0
(33.8)		 3.0
(37.4)		 8.0
(46.4)		 11.0
(51.8)		 12.2
(54.0)		 12.0
(53.6)		 9.0
(48.2)		 6.5
(43.7)		 2.0
(35.6)		 0.0
(32.0)		 5.2
(41.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 347
(13.7)		 255
(10.0)		 283
(11.1)		 162
(6.4)		 149
(5.9)		 193
(7.6)		 217
(8.5)		 270
(10.6)		 454
(17.9)		 447
(17.6)		 402
(15.8)		 396
(15.6)		 3,575
(140.7)
Average precipitation days 19.0 15.1 17.6 13.7 13.6 14.6 16.4 16.8 20.7 20.6 20.2 20.5 208.8
Source: e-Klima [7]

References
  1. "Brekke" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  2. Statistisk sentralbyrå (2001). "Folke- og boligtellingen 2001, kommune- og bydelshefter 1411 Gulen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Store norske leksikon. "Brekke tettbebyggelse" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  4. Store norske leksikon. "Brekke – tidl. kommune" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  5. Arthur, Ross G. (2002). "English-Old Norse Dictionary" (PDF). Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. Rygh, Oluf (1919). Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt (in Norwegian) (12 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 192.
  7. "eKlima". Archived from the original on 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2013-08-29.
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