Bretoncelles

Bretoncelles
Commune
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Coat of arms
Location of Bretoncelles
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Coordinates: 48°25′57″N 0°53′18″E / 48.4325°N 0.8883°E / 48.4325; 0.8883
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton	Bretoncelles
Intercommunality	Cœur du Perche
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Daniel Chevee
Area 1	40.21 km2 (15.53 sq mi)
Elevation	155 m (509 ft)
Highest elevation	266 m (873 ft)
Lowest elevation	120 m (390 ft)
Population  (2023)	1,455
• Density	36.19/km2 (93.72/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61061 /61110
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bretoncelles (French pronunciation: [bʁətɔ̃sɛl] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Gilardière, La Dougère, La Godefraise, La Pézassière, La Booz, Thivaux, La Bazollière, Ardelain, Bretoncelles and La Saussaie.

The Commune along with another 70 communes shares part of a 47,681 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called the Forêts et étangs du Perche.

Two rivers flow through the commune, La Donnette and La Corbionne.

Population

Transport

The commune has a railway station that was opened in 1857 and serves part of the Paris–Brest line.

Notable people

• Daniel Goulet - (1928 - 2007) was a French politician who was born here.
• Léonce Corne - (1894 – 1977) was a French film actor who is buried here.

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References

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