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Étienne Cattin
1912–1966French engineer
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Villereversure, Ain
Étienne Cattin, born in 1912, is Villereversure’s famous person on record
Étienne Cattin, the French engineer, was born in 1912. Their birth falls in the Belle Époque. Readers can find them written up in 2 languages. The nearest list is in Bourg-en-Bresse, 8 mi away: 133 names, starting with Jérôme Lalande.
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Étienne Cattin
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
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Étienne Cattin
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Nearby, Bourg-en-Bresse has the most on record, with 133.
Bourg-en-Bresse · 8 miJérôme Lalande & 132 more
Nantua · 11 miCorinne Niogret & 21 more
Viriat · 9 miGuillaume Rufin & 11 moreJGMontréal-la-Cluse · 9 miJean-Michel Goutier & 2 more
Pont-d'Ain · 10 miDominique Bathenay & 2 more
Ceyzériat · 4 miÉmile BravetBCPéronnas · 9 miBernard Curt
Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg · 9 miVirginie BarbetQuestions about famous people from Villereversure
Who is the most famous person from Villereversure?
Étienne Cattin (French engineer) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Villereversure?
1 people born in Villereversure have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Villereversure known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.
Who counts as from Villereversure?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Villereversure itself, matched by its INSEE code (a commune merged into it counts when the dates allow), whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. A hospital or neighbourhood recorded without its commune isn’t matched. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
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Photo credits (6)
- Jérôme Lalande: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Corinne Niogret: Wayne77, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guillaume Rufin: Robbie Mendelson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dominique Bathenay: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Émile Bravet: Assemblée Nationale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Virginie Barbet: Suzy1919, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.