Next door to Fitou, Rivesaltes lists 12 famous people
The list for Fitou is empty for now. The longest list in Aude is Carcassonne’s, with 150 names. After Carcassonne, the next longest list in Aude is Narbonne’s, with 121. Across Aude, the lists cover 105 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Fitou (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Fitou as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Fitou
Rivesaltes leads the towns around it, with 12 names.
Rivesaltes · 10 miJoseph Joffre & 11 moreYMSigean · 9 miYves Malquier & 6 moreFRPia · 11 miFrançois Reste de Roca & 4 moreACSalses-le-Château · 6 miArthur Conte & 3 more
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque · 8 miFernand Siré & 2 moreAEClaira · 9 miAlain Esclopé & 1 moreJOEspira-de-l'Agly · 11 miJoan Cayrol i Obiols & 1 moreFVLeucate · 3 miFrancis ValsQuestions about famous people from Fitou
Who counts as from Fitou?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Fitou 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 (2)
- Joseph Joffre: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fernand Siré: Fabricio Cardenas, 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.