Famous people near Carnas: 12 in Sommières
The list for Carnas is empty for now. Nîmes has the most of any town in Gard: 380. After Nîmes, the next longest list in Gard is Alès’, with 103. Famous people are on record for 99 of the towns in Gard.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Carnas (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Carnas as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Carnas
The longest list nearby is Sommières’, with 12.
Quissac · 5 miJacques Jac & 2 morePBCalvisson · 11 miPierre Barlaguet & 1 moreGSSaint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers · 8 miGérard Saumade
Aubais · 10 miRené Grousset
Castries · 11 miJacques Marie Cyprien Victor CostePCPrades-le-Lez · 11 miPaul CrouzetQuestions about famous people from Carnas
Who counts as from Carnas?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Carnas 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 (3)
- Jacques Jac: Charles-François le Teillet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- René Grousset: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Marie Cyprien Victor Coste: 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.