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Famous people · Champéon, Mayenne

Champéon, birthplace of the French politician René-François Jarry-Desloges

The French politician René-François Jarry-Desloges was born in 1737. That places their birth before the Revolution. Their story is told in one language so far. The nearest list is in Mayenne, 6 mi away: 47 names, starting with Jean Lefebvre de Cheverus.

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1
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Best known
René-François Jarry-Desloges
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1737
René-François Jarry-Desloges
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known

Born in Champéon

RJ#1
Politics & Law

René-François Jarry-Desloges

1737–1814

French politician (1737-1814)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door

The fullest list close by belongs to Mayenne, with 47.

Questions about famous people from Champéon

Who is the most famous person from Champéon?

René-François Jarry-Desloges (French politician (1737-1814)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.

How many famous people were born in Champéon?

1 people born in Champéon have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Champéon known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who counts as from Champéon?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Champéon 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.

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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.