Bresolettes is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Orne

Orne

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 department in the Basse-Normandie

Basse-Normandie

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 region of north-western France

France

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Geography

Situated in a wooded area of the Perche

Perche

Perche is a former province of northern France extending over the départements of Orne, Eure, Eure-et-Loir and Sarthe, which were created from Perche during the French Revolution.-Geography:...

 province, the village is in the Clearing of Bresolettes, a site registered and protected since 1985.

Administration

From March 1989 to May 2006, the mayor of Bresolettes was Xavier van der Walle. By profession a farmer, van der Walle was politically an independent. Since June 2006, the mayor has been Franck Poirier, a business manager, also independent.

Demography

Notable people linked to the commune

Guillaume Pelletier (1598–1657) was born in Bresolettes and grew up at "La Cristerie".

Guillaume left for Canada - Beauport, Québec - in 1641 with his wife, Michelle Mabille of Tourouvre, their son, Jean, and Guillaume's brother, Antoine, under a three-year contract with the Lord of Beauport, Robert Giffard, also a native of the Perche region.

In the church of Saint-Pierre at Bresolettes there is a commemorative plaque to Guillaume and his brother Antoine, dedicated on 7 April 1977 by the Canadian ambassador to France, Gérard Pelletier, a descendant of Guillaume.