Next door to Vals, Foix lists 32 famous people
No entry yet names Vals as a birthplace. 70 of the towns in Ariège list at least one person. The longest list in Ariège is Foix’s, with 32 names. Pamiers has the second-longest list in Ariège, after Foix, with 31.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Vals (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 Vals yet.
Famous people born near Vals
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Vals, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Vals
Who counts as from Vals?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Vals 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 (4)
- Charles de Freycinet: Nadar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Théophile Delcassé: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bertrand Clauzel: Maurin, Antoine (French lithographer, 1793-1860) (artist) (graphic artist), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Romuald Joubé: Pierre GUILHEM, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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