Brekke

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This article is about the location in Norway. For the fictional character, see Brekke (Dragonriders of Pern).

Brekke is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

It was created by a split from Evenvik in 1850. At that time Brekke had a population of 898.

In 1861 Brekke was merged with Lavik municipality to form the new municipality Lavik og Brekke. On 1 January 1875 a part of Klævold with 90 inhabitants was moved to Lavik og Brekke. On 1 January 1905 the municipality was split, leaving Lavik and Brekke as separate municipalities. After the split Brekke had a population of 982.

On 1 January 1964 Brekke became a part of Gulen, the neighboring municipality to the west. Before the merger Brekke had a population of 782.

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