#1Jean-Marie Jouaret
1942–2023French basketball player (1942–2023)
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The best known is the French basketball player Jean-Marie Jouaret, with articles in 5 languages. Second place goes to the French politician Danielle Michel, third to Émile Vignes. Jean-Marie Jouaret, the best known, was born in 1942. The list comes to 15.9 for every 10,000 residents, against 1.3 in the typical town in Landes.
First, Jean-Marie Jouaret (5 languages), then Danielle Michel (2) and Émile Vignes (2).
#1French basketball player (1942–2023)
French politician
#3French photographer (1896-1983)
More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Leaders are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
1 more, best known first.
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Nearby, Saint-Paul-lès-Dax has the most on record, with 4.
Jean-Marie Jouaret (French basketball player (1942–2023)) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Danielle Michel and Émile Vignes.
4 people born in Castets have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 5 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: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Albini Gieure, born in 1844. The youngest on the list was born in 1947.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Castets 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.
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).
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.