No one from Les Loges-sur-Brécey is on the famous people list yet
Of its neighbours, Avranches, 10 mi away, lists the most: 37, Jean-Luc Ponty first. Across Manche, 123 towns list someone born there. 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.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Les Loges-sur-Brécey (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 Les Loges-sur-Brécey yet.
Famous people born near Les Loges-sur-Brécey
Avranches has the longest list next door: 37.
Avranches · 10 miJean-Luc Ponty & 36 more
Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny · 6 miSophie Quinton & 5 moreADSourdeval · 11 miAndré Dalibert & 4 moreAGNoues de Sienne · 8 miAllain Gaussin & 3 moreJTDucey-Les Chéris · 11 miJean-Pierre Tizon & 2 more
Grandparigny · 12 miSimonne Caillère & 2 more
Percy-en-Normandie · 11 miGeorges Grente & 1 moreMFIsigny-le-Buat · 10 miMadeleine FoisilQuestions about famous people from Les Loges-sur-Brécey
Who counts as from Les Loges-sur-Brécey?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Les Loges-sur-Brécey 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
- Sophie Quinton: Elen Nivrae, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Simonne Caillère: Studio Harcourt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Grente: Agence de presse Meurisse, 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.