Joseph Bonnel
1939–2018French footballer (1939-2018)
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
At the top of the list is the French footballer Joseph Bonnel, covered in 18 languages. Before the Revolution, 4 were born, the most of any period. As early as 1763, Joseph-Louis Giret was born here, one of 4 born before the Revolution. The list comes to 13.3 for every 10,000 residents, against 1.7 in the typical town in Hérault.

More were born in the 1770s than in any other decade: 3.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Joseph Bonnel has articles in 18 languages, Louis Pierre de Montbrun in 14 and Charles Cambon in 2.
French footballer (1939-2018)
French general (1770-1812)
#3French opera' singer
Florensac has 10.4× the usual share of soldiers and sailors.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The other 4 span the years 1763 to 1861.
French catholic priest and magistrate (1763-1794)
French politician
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Close by, Pézenas counts 27 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Agde · 6 miMadame Saqui & 17 more
Mèze · 7 miAndré Miquel & 8 more
Marseillan · 4 miPierre Auguste Roques & 5 moreMTSaint-Thibéry · 3 miMonique Thierry & 1 moreHMMontblanc · 5 miHenri Massal & 1 moreJFVias · 6 miJeanne Flourens & 1 morePDMontagnac · 7 miPaula Delsol & 1 moreJoseph Bonnel (French footballer (1939-2018)) is the best known by our measure: 18 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Louis Pierre de Montbrun and Charles Cambon.
7 people born in Florensac have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 9 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 3 of the 7. That is 43% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.
Joseph-Louis Giret, born in 1763. The youngest on the list was born in 1939.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Florensac 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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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).
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.