Jean-Émile Reymond
1912–1992French civil servant (1912-1992)
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Most widely known is Jean-Émile Reymond, the French civil servant, with articles in 5 languages. Constant Chatenier, the botanist, comes second, with Louis Henri François de Luzy-Pelissac third. The list’s best known name, Jean-Émile Reymond, dates from 1912. The neighbour with the longest list is Romans-sur-Isère, 12 mi away: 44, led by Érik Comas.
Two of the three are leaders.
French civil servant (1912-1992)
Botanist (1849-1926)
French politician and officer
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The fullest list close by belongs to Romans-sur-Isère, with 44.
Romans-sur-Isère · 12 miÉrik Comas & 43 more
Saint-Marcellin · 10 miFrançois Delattre & 15 moreCCSaint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse · 9 miCharles-Marie Chabert & 2 more
Chatte · 8 miClément Adrien Vincendon-Dumoulin & 1 moreJGSaint-Siméon-de-Bressieux · 10 miJean-Louis Gervat & 1 more
Peyrins · 9 miNathalie ArthaudBCBeaurepaire · 10 miBruno ChenuJean-Émile Reymond (French civil servant (1912-1992)) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Constant Chatenier and Louis Henri François de Luzy-Pelissac.
3 people born in Valherbasse 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: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Louis Henri François de Luzy-Pelissac, born in 1797. The youngest on the list was born in 1912.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Valherbasse 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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