#1Jacqueline Chevé
1961–2010French politician (1961-2010)
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Articles in 5 languages make the French politician Jacqueline Chevé the best known. Pierre Boisson and Louis Guillois follow. Per head, the list is long: 12.7 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Côtes-d'Armor has 5.6. The biggest group are leaders: 3.
All three are leaders.
#1French politician (1961-2010)
French politician (1894-1948)
#3French politician (1872-1952)
More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 1.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 3.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
1 more, best known first.

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The fullest list close by belongs to Saint-Méen-le-Grand, with 7.
Jacqueline Chevé (French politician (1961-2010)) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Pierre Boisson and Louis Guillois.
4 people born in Merdrignac 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: 3 of the 4. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Louis Guillois, born in 1872. The youngest on the list was born in 1961.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Merdrignac 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.
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).
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.