Monique Baelden-Gorski
1938–2015French gymnast (1938-2015)
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Most widely known is Monique Baelden-Gorski, the French gymnast, with articles in 3 languages. The list has one more: the French anti-nazi Émilienne Mopty. Émilienne Mopty (1907) and Monique Baelden-Gorski (1938) mark the two ends of the list. Of its neighbours, Hénin-Beaumont, 3 mi away, lists the most: 16, Mathieu Bauderlique first.

French gymnast (1938-2015)
#2French Anti-Nazi
1 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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The fullest list close by belongs to Hénin-Beaumont, with 16.
Hénin-Beaumont · 3 miMathieu Bauderlique & 15 more
Courrières · 2 miJules Breton & 9 moreBLMontigny-en-Gohelle · 2 miBernard Lech & 5 moreHTFouquières-lès-Lens · 1 miHenri Tincq & 3 moreBLSallaumines · 2 miBruno Léchevin & 3 moreJOBilly-Montigny · 2 miJean Ooghe & 2 more
Vendin-le-Vieil · 2 miGérard Jouault & 2 moreCHMéricourt · 3 miCharles Humez & 2 moreMonique Baelden-Gorski (French gymnast (1938-2015)) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Émilienne Mopty.
2 people born in Harnes have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 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, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Émilienne Mopty, born in 1907. The youngest on the list was born in 1938.
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