#1Nathalie Arthaud
born 1970French politician
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The French politician Nathalie Arthaud was born in 1970. Readers can find them written up in 27 languages. A short trip away, Romans-sur-Isère (3 mi) counts 44 famous people, Érik Comas among them. Valence has the most of any town in Drôme: 115.

#1French politician
The fullest list close by belongs to Romans-sur-Isère, with 44.
Romans-sur-Isère · 3 miÉrik Comas & 43 more
Tournon-sur-Rhône · 10 miFrançois de Tournon & 31 more
Bourg-de-Péage · 4 miRomain Ghanem Saïss & 12 moreRSTain-l'Hermitage · 10 miRobert de La Sizeranne & 3 moreCCSaint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse · 4 miCharles-Marie Chabert & 2 moreJQAlixan · 8 miJérôme François QuiotRSSaint-Marcel-lès-Valence · 10 miRaphaël Smolin-FroissartNathalie Arthaud (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 27 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
1 people born in Peyrins have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Peyrins 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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