Next door to Châtelus, Chazelles-sur-Lyon lists 7 famous people
In Loire, 98 towns have someone on the list. So far, no famous person on record was born in Châtelus. No town in Loire lists more than Saint-Étienne, with 355. After Saint-Étienne, the next longest list in Loire is Roanne’s, with 120.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Châtelus (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 Châtelus yet.
Famous people born near Châtelus
Close by, Chazelles-sur-Lyon counts 7 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Chazelles-sur-Lyon · 5 miAlain Rousset & 6 more
Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise · 3 miAntoine Pinay & 5 more
Saint-Galmier · 7 miAntoine Ravel & 4 moreJSSorbiers · 7 miJean Selic & 1 moreAPLorette · 8 miAlain Prost & 1 more
Chabanière · 8 miClément Bonnand & 1 moreFGSaint-Héand · 6 miFrédéric GirerdGMLa Grand-Croix · 8 miGustave MalécotQuestions about famous people from Châtelus
Who counts as from Châtelus?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Châtelus 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 (4)
- Alain Rousset: Jean.Castera, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Antoine Pinay: Farabola, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Antoine Ravel: Henri Manuel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clément Bonnand: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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.