Blanche Balain
1913–2003French author (1913-2003)
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Photo: Gachepi · CC BY-SA 3.0At the top of the list is the French author Blanche Balain, covered in 2 languages. The list has one more: the French politician César Malens. Nearby, Annonay, 11 mi away, lists 35, led by Auguste Bravais. Born in 1829, César Malens is the first name on record, and Blanche Balain, born in 1913, the most recent.
French author (1913-2003)
French politician
Writers and artists are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The neighbour with the most names is Annonay, at 35.
Saint-Vallier · 7 miOlivier Milloud & 10 more
Roussillon · 8 miAlfred Poizat & 5 moreWPSaint-Rambert-d'Albon · 3 miWilfride Piollet & 3 moreCCSaint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse · 11 miCharles-Marie Chabert & 2 moreJGChanas · 4 miJoseph Giray & 1 more
Davézieux · 9 miÉtienne Montgolfier & 1 moreJDLe Péage-de-Roussillon · 8 miJean-Baptiste DufeuBlanche Balain (French author (1913-2003)) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come César Malens.
2 people born in Anneyron have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 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, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
César Malens, born in 1829. The youngest on the list was born in 1913.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Anneyron 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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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).
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