No famous person from Bélarga yet, but Pézenas next door has 27
In all of Hérault, the famous people on record come from 124 towns. Montpellier has the most of any town in Hérault: 604. After Montpellier, the next longest list in Hérault is Béziers’, with 221. The best known born in Pézenas is Massimiliano Spinola.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Bélarga (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 Bélarga yet.
Famous people born near Bélarga
Of the towns around it, Pézenas has the most on record: 27.
Mèze · 10 miAndré Miquel & 8 moreMBClermont-l'Hérault · 6 miManon Basseville & 6 moreDCCaux · 7 miDom Bédos de Celles & 4 more
Gignac · 8 miMichel Marie Claparède & 3 more
Saint-André-de-Sangonis · 7 miJoseph Boussinesq & 2 moreHHPaulhan · 2 miHervé Harant & 1 morePDMontagnac · 5 miPaula Delsol & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Bélarga
Who counts as from Bélarga?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bélarga 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)
- André Miquel: Rani777, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Marie Claparède: François le Villain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Boussinesq: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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