Yves Le Trocquer
1877–1938French politician and engineer (1877–1938)
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The best known is the French politician and engineer Yves Le Trocquer, with articles in 8 languages. Second place goes to the French lawyer Jacques Le Brigant, third to Maodez Glanndour. The list reaches back to Jacques Le Brigant, born in 1720, one of 3 born before the Revolution. Only 12 of the 162 towns in Côtes-d'Armor with anyone on record list more.
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
No decade has more births than the 1900s, at 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
By how many languages cover them, Yves Le Trocquer comes first (8), then Jacques Le Brigant (5) and Maodez Glanndour (5).
French politician and engineer (1877–1938)
French lawyer (1720-1804)
French poet, catholic priest and writer (1909-1986)
5 more, from 1752 to 1944.
French writer, doctor of medicine and bacteriologist (1944–2015)
French painter, ceramist and magistrate (1901–1995)
No one matches both filters.
Of the towns nearby, Guingamp lists the most people: 34.
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Plouha · 11 miJean-Louis Hamon & 3 moreCGPenvénan · 10 miCharles-Marie Guillois & 1 moreYGPlouézec · 9 miYves GuillouYves Le Trocquer (French politician and engineer (1877–1938)) is the best known by our measure: 8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jacques Le Brigant and Maodez Glanndour.
8 people born in Pontrieux have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 9 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: 4 of the 8. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Jacques Le Brigant, born in 1720. The youngest on the list was born in 1944.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Pontrieux 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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