Pierre-François-Xavier Bouchard
1771–1822French Army officer (1771-1822)
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Articles in 16 languages make the French Army officer Pierre-François-Xavier Bouchard the best known. The next two names are Victor Pidoux and Léon Bel. The largest group, 5, was born before the Revolution. The list reaches back to Augustin François Jault, born in 1700, one of 5 born before the Revolution.
Orgelet has 2.6× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The 1770s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Pierre-François-Xavier Bouchard, Victor Pidoux and Léon Bel are written about in 16, 3 and 2 languages.
French Army officer (1771-1822)
French politician (1807-1879)
French businessman (1878–1957)
Another 5, the earliest born in 1700.
French deputy and lawyer (1743-1805)
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Lons-le-Saunier leads the towns around it, with 80 names.
Pierre-François-Xavier Bouchard (French Army officer (1771-1822)) is the best known by our measure: 16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Victor Pidoux and Léon Bel.
8 people born in Orgelet have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 12 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, leaders: 5 of the 8. That is 63% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Augustin François Jault, born in 1700. The youngest on the list was born in 1878.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Orgelet 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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