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Famous people · Conliège, Jura

Conliège’s famous people span 158 years: 2 births from 1740 to 1898

The best known is the French general Charles Étienne Guillaume Blandin de Chalain, with an article in one language. The other is Louis Nachon, the French politician. A short trip away, Lons-le-Saunier (2 mi) counts 80 famous people, Jean-François Stévenin among them. Charles Étienne Guillaume Blandin de Chalain, the best known, was born in 1740.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Charles Étienne Guillaume Blandin de Chalain
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1740
Charles Étienne Guillaume Blandin de Chalain
Youngest
1898
Louis Nachon
Most common field
Military
1 person
The best known

Born in Conliège

CC#1
Military

Charles Étienne Guillaume Blandin de Chalain

born 1740

French general

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
LN#2
Politics & Law

Louis Nachon

1898–1983

French politician (1898–1983)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Conliège is known for

The field with the most names is Military: 1.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Of the towns nearby, 2 have famous names listed.

Questions about famous people from Conliège

Who is the most famous person from Conliège?

Charles Étienne Guillaume Blandin de Chalain (French general) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Louis Nachon.

How many famous people were born in Conliège?

2 people born in Conliège have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Conliège known for?

Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Conliège?

Charles Étienne Guillaume Blandin de Chalain, born in 1740. The youngest on the list was born in 1898.

Who counts as from Conliège?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Conliège 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 (1)

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.