Brevik

Brevik is a town in Porsgrunn Municipality in county, . The town is located where the Eidangerfjorden and Frierfjorden join together to form the Breviksfjorden.
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  • Type: Town with 3,000 residents
  • Description: settlement in Porsgrunn Municipality, Norway
  • Also known as: Brevik, Norway

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brevik Church and Brevik Bridge.

Church
Photo: Hallvard Straume, Public domain.
is a of the Church of Norway in Porsgrunn Municipality in county, . It is located in the village of Brevik. It is one of the churches for the Eidanger parish which is part of the Skien prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.

Bridge
is one of two bridges that span the mouth of the . It connects the municipalities of and in county. On the west side, in Bamble, lies the town of , while on the east side lies the town of Brevik in Porsgrunn.

Bridge
Photo: Hallvard Straume, Public domain.
is 's highest cable-stayed bridge with a tower height of 168 metres. The bridge, which opened in 1996, is part of the European Route E18 highway and it crosses the , a fjord in county.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Langesund.

is the administrative centre of Bamble Municipality in county, . The town is located on a peninsula along the Langesundsfjorden near the Skaggerak coast.

Brevik

Latitude
59.05289° or 59° 3′ 10″ north
Longitude
9.69998° or 9° 41′ 60″ east
Population
3,000
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NO BVK
Open location code
9FFF3M3X+5X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1300644558
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3160007
Wiki­data ID
Q2295
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Brevik” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Բրևիկ
  • Asturian: Brevik
  • Belarusian: Брэвік
  • Bulgarian: Бревик
  • Catalan: Brevik
  • Cebuano: Brevik
  • Chinese: 布雷維克
  • Chinese: 布雷维克
  • Danish: Brevik
  • Dutch: Brevik
  • Finnish: Brevik
  • French: Brevik
  • German: Brevik
  • Greek: Μπρέβικ
  • Italian: Brevik
  • Malay: Brevik
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Brevig
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Brevik
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Brevik
  • Norwegian: Brevik
  • Occitan (post 1500): Brevik
  • Persian: برویک
  • Polish: Brevik
  • Portuguese: Brevik
  • Russian: Бревик
  • Silesian: Brevik
  • Slovenian: Brevik
  • Spanish: Brevik
  • Swedish: Brevik, Norge
  • Swedish: Brevik
  • Tamil: பிரெவிக்
  • Ukrainian: Бревік
  • Brevik

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Brevik”. Photo: Hallvard Straume, Public domain.