#1Henri Delassus
1836–1921French theologian and catholic priest (1836-1921)
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Articles in 11 languages make the French theologian and Catholic priest Henri Delassus the best known. Joseph Candeille is second and Chrétien Dehaisnes third. Over 187 years of births, the list goes from Joseph Candeille (1744) to Michel-Henri Carpentier (1931). Per head, the list is long: 7.7 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Nord has 3.2.

Languages with an article: 11 for Henri Delassus, 4 for Joseph Candeille, 3 for Chrétien Dehaisnes.
#1French theologian and catholic priest (1836-1921)
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Births peak in the 1830s, with 1 people born in that decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Faith leads the fields, with 2 people.
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2 more, best known first.
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Nearby, Bailleul has the most on record, with 14.
Bailleul · 6 miBruno Dumont & 13 moreODMerville · 4 miOdette Duriez & 4 moreVDLa Gorgue · 1 miVictor Denis & 2 more
Lestrem · 3 miCyrille Rose & 2 moreHLLaventie · 3 miHector Legry & 1 moreJLVieux-Berquin · 5 miJules-Auguste Lemire & 1 moreLCSailly-sur-la-Lys · 3 miLouis CouhéMCLa Couture · 5 miMaurice CassezHenri Delassus (French theologian and catholic priest (1836-1921)) is the best known by our measure: 11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Joseph Candeille and Chrétien Dehaisnes.
5 people born in Estaires have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 7 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, clergy and people of faith: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 3% across French towns.
Joseph Candeille, born in 1744. The youngest on the list was born in 1931.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Estaires 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.
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