Brekken is a former municipality in the old

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county,

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. The municipality existed along the border with

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from 1926 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality is now located in the northeastern part of

Røros Municipality ( Norwegian) or is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Røros. Some of the villages in Røros include Brekken, Glåmos, Feragen, Galåa, and Hitterdalen. The municip ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

county. The municipality encompassed the areas located to the north, east, and southeast of the lake

Aursunden Aursunden is a lake in Røros Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village of Brekken lies along the eastern shore and the village of Glåmos lies along the western shore. There are several inflows to the lake including the lakes Ri ...

. The

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was the village of

Brekken or (or less commonly: ''Brekkebygd'' or ''Brekka'') 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 ...

where Brekken Church is located. Prior to its dissolution in 1964, the municipality was the 111th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Brekken Municipality was the 619th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 947. The municipality's

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was and its population had decreased by 13.1% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The

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of Brekken was established as a municipality on 1 January 1926 when the large

was split into four parts: Brekken Municipality (population: 1,098) in the northeast,

Glåmos Municipality Glåmos is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1926 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in the northern part of what is now Røros Municipality in Trøndelag county. It incl ...

(population: 983) in the north,

Røros landsogn Røros landsogn () is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality encompassed the southern part of the what is now Røros Municipality in Trøndelag county. The mun ...

(population: 701) in the south and west, and the central area surrounding the town of Røros (population: 2,284) remained as a much smaller

. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, Brekken Municipality (population: 964),

(population: 700), and

(population: 482) were all merged with

(population: 3,063) to form a new, larger

Name

The municipality is named after the village of

() since the Brekken Church was built there. The name comes from the word which means "hill".

Churches

The

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had one parish () within Brekken Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Røros

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and the

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(

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) in the

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Geography

Brekken Municipality was located along the border with

Tydal Municipality Tydal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Neadalen/ Tydalen valley. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ås. Other villages include Østby, Græsli, Aungrenda, and Stugudalen. There ...

was located to the north,

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was to the northeast,

was to the west, and

was to the west and south. The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain Storviglen which sits about west of the border with

Government

While it existed, Brekken Municipality was responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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services,

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and other

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, and municipal

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s and utilities. The municipality was governed by a

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of directly elected representatives. The

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was

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by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the

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Municipal council

The

of Brekken was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political

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Mayors

The

() of Brekken was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who held this position: * 1926–1936: Svend N. Borgos ( Bp) * 1937–1942: Jacob J. Ryen ( Ap) * 1942–1945: Anders J. Stensaas ( NS) * 1945–1955: Jacob J. Ryen ( Ap) * 1956–1963: Per A. Strickert ( Ap)

References

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