Clément François Bénazet
1740–1796French politician
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Most widely known is Clément François Bénazet, the French politician, with articles in 2 languages. Behind the leader come Guillaume Rouby de Cals and Guillaume-Charles Robert. Georges Canguilhem heads the list in Castelnaudary, 11 mi away, which has 30 names. Only 13 of the 105 towns in Aude with anyone on record list more.
Two of the three are leaders.
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2 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Around it, Castelnaudary has the most people on record, 30 of them.
Clément François Bénazet (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Guillaume Rouby de Cals and Guillaume-Charles Robert.
3 people born in Saissac have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Guillaume Rouby de Cals, born in 1736. The youngest on the list was born in 1749.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saissac 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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