Castelnau-Valence has yet to put a famous person on the list
Laurent Blanc tops the 103 names on record in Alès, 12 mi away. 99 of the towns in Gard list at least one person. The longest list of any town in Gard belongs to Nîmes, with 380.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Castelnau-Valence (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Castelnau-Valence yet.
Famous people born near Castelnau-Valence
The most names next door are in Alès: 103.
Questions about famous people from Castelnau-Valence
Who counts as from Castelnau-Valence?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Castelnau-Valence 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)
- Laurent Blanc: Julien Manceau, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Firmin Abauzit: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Joseph Elisabeth Fortuné de Renaud de Boulogne: 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.