La Chapelle-Urée has no famous person on record yet
Jean-Luc Ponty heads the list in Avranches, 9 mi away, which has 37 names. The longest list in Manche is Cherbourg-en-Cotentin’s, with 178 names. After Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, the next longest list in Manche is Saint-Lô’s, with 60. 123 towns across Manche can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is La Chapelle-Urée (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 La Chapelle-Urée yet.
Famous people born near La Chapelle-Urée
Of the towns nearby, 7 have famous names listed.
Avranches · 9 miJean-Luc Ponty & 36 more
Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët · 7 miMikaël Cherel & 14 more
Mortain-Bocage · 10 miFerdinand André Fouqué & 14 moreADSourdeval · 11 miAndré Dalibert & 4 more
Grandparigny · 6 miSimonne Caillère & 2 moreJTDucey-Les Chéris · 7 miJean-Pierre Tizon & 2 moreMFIsigny-le-Buat · 4 miMadeleine FoisilQuestions about famous people from La Chapelle-Urée
Who counts as from La Chapelle-Urée?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Chapelle-Urée 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)
- Jean-Luc Ponty: Claude Renault, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mikaël Cherel: YellowMonkey/Blnguyen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ferdinand André Fouqué: Eugène Pirou, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Simonne Caillère: Studio Harcourt, 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.