No one born in Pourchères has made the famous people list yet
Go 10 mi to Aubenas and the list grows to 51, with Amandine Leynaud at the top. Aubenas has the most of any town in Ardèche: 51. After Aubenas, the next longest list in Ardèche is Annonay’s, with 35. Across Ardèche, the lists cover 85 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Pourchères (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pourchères yet.
Famous people born near Pourchères
The longest list nearby is Aubenas’, with 51.
Questions about famous people from Pourchères
Who counts as from Pourchères?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Pourchères 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.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- Amandine Leynaud: los_bandito_anthony, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cyril Théréau: Adrian Haisan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jocelyne Villeton: Michel VILLETON, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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