Official Name: | Brekkeåsen |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Norway Vestfold#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Vestfold |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Tønsberg Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.6 |
Population As Of: | 2023 |
Population Total: | 974 |
Population Density Km2: | 1632 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 3178 Våle |
Coordinates: | 59.413°N 10.2803°W |
Elevation M: | 122 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Brekkeåsen or Kirkevoll is a village in Tønsberg Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located about to the north of the city of Tønsberg. The village of Revetal lies about to the south, the village of Svinevoll lies about to the west, and the village of Rånerudåsen lies about to the northeast.
Våle Church is located in the northern part of the village (which is why the northern area of the present village is known as Kirkevoll which literally translates to "church meadow").
The old villages of Kirkevoll and Brekkeåsen grew together over time due to conurbation. Now, Statistics Norway considers them to be one village. The 0.6km2 village has a population (2023) of 974 and a population density of .[2]