FJ#1
Sports
Francis Jordane
1946–2025French basketball coach (1946–2025)
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Arles-sur-Tech, Pyrénées-Orientales
Arles-sur-Tech’s famous people span 145 years: 6 births from 1801 to 1946
Most widely known is Francis Jordane, the French basketball coach, with articles in 7 languages. Second place goes to the French politician Paul Pujade, third to Antoine Jofre. The list comes to 21.3 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.8 in the typical town in Pyrénées-Orientales. More are writers and artists than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Francis Jordane
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1801
Antoine Jofre
Youngest
1946
Gilbert Descossy
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
The best known
Born in Arles-sur-Tech
Francis Jordane, Paul Pujade and Antoine Jofre are written about in 7, 3 and 2 languages.
PP#2
Politics & Law
Paul Pujade
1854–1927French politician (1854-1927)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
AJ#3
Writing & Arts
Antoine Jofre
1801–1864Poet (1801-1864)
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years
When Arles-sur-Tech’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1940s than in any other decade: 2.
Writing & ArtsSportsPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Arles-sur-Tech is known for
Arles-sur-Tech has 2× the usual share of writers and artists.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Arles-sur-Tech
3 more, from 1803 to 1946.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Céret leads the towns around it, with 28 names.
Questions about famous people from Arles-sur-Tech
Who is the most famous person from Arles-sur-Tech?
Francis Jordane (French basketball coach (1946–2025)) is the best known by our measure: 7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Paul Pujade and Antoine Jofre.
How many famous people were born in Arles-sur-Tech?
6 people born in Arles-sur-Tech have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Arles-sur-Tech known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 3 of the 6. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Arles-sur-Tech?
Antoine Jofre, born in 1801. The youngest on the list was born in 1946.
Who counts as from Arles-sur-Tech?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Arles-sur-Tech 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 (2)
- Jean Soler: Brevel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Restany: Erling Mandelmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.