Christine Marin
born 1951French politician
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Photo: fr:user:Jean-Louis Hens · CC BY-SA 3.0The best known is the French politician Christine Marin, with articles in 4 languages. Jean Jarosz and Daniel Fabbro follow. Nearby, Maubeuge, 2 mi away, lists 61, led by Benjamin Pavard. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 4.5, close to the 3.2 of the typical Nord town.
Leaders take two of the three places.
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The largest field is Politics & Law, with 2 people.
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Maubeuge leads the towns around it, with 61 names.
Maubeuge · 2 miBenjamin Pavard & 60 moreTSHautmont · 3 miTokia Saïfi & 9 moreJPJeumont · 8 miJean Pattou & 5 moreGBLouvroil · 3 miGeorges Berger & 3 moreAPAulnoye-Aymeries · 8 miAntoine Pazur & 3 moreCBerlaimont · 8 miChomo & 2 moreCDFerrière-la-Grande · 5 miCatherine Dupont & 1 moreGFRousies · 4 miGeorges FontenéChristine Marin (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean Jarosz and Daniel Fabbro.
3 people born in Feignies have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Daniel Fabbro, born in 1934. The youngest on the list was born in 1951.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Feignies 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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