No famous person yet from Sainte-Jalle
Just 8 mi away, Nyons’ list holds 7 names, René Barjavel the best known. No town in Drôme lists more than Valence, with 115. Montélimar has the second-longest list in Drôme, after Valence, with 66. 86 towns across Drôme can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Sainte-Jalle (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Sainte-Jalle as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Sainte-Jalle
Close by, Nyons counts 7 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Sainte-Jalle
Who counts as from Sainte-Jalle?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sainte-Jalle 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.
Why is someone missing?
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).
Photo credits (1)
- René Barjavel: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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.