Brekstad is a town in Ørland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Trondheimsfjord at the entrance to the Stjørnfjorden. The town is located about 5 kilometres south of the village of Uthaug and about 7 kilometres west of the villages of Austrått and Ottersbo. The 1.93-square-kilometre town has a population of 2,437 and a population density of 1,263 inhabitants per square kilometre.