#1Jean-Pierre Serre
born 1926French mathematician
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Articles in 46 languages make the French mathematician Jean-Pierre Serre the best known. Claude Barate is second and Joseph Galy third. From Jean Baills to Claude Barate, the births on the list run from 1851 to 1943. The list comes to 8.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.8 in the typical town in Pyrénées-Orientales.

Jean-Pierre Serre leads with articles in 46 languages, ahead of Claude Barate (3) and Joseph Galy (2).
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More of them were born in the 1920s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Scientists and doctors are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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No one matches both filters.
Of the towns nearby, Elne lists the most people: 8.
Elne · 4 miJoseph Crespo & 7 morePDCorneilla-del-Vercol · 3 miPierre Jonquères d'Oriola & 1 moreJLPonteilla · 4 miJoseph de Lacroix & 1 moreCMVilleneuve-de-la-Raho · 2 miCamille Montade
Palau-del-Vidre · 4 miEnrique Sánchez Abulí
Canohès · 4 miRichard MilianACSaleilles · 4 miAntoine CasenobeJCAlénya · 5 miJules-Edmond CuisinierJean-Pierre Serre (French mathematician) is the best known by our measure: 46 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Claude Barate and Joseph Galy.
4 people born in Bages have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 9 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, scientists and doctors: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.
Jean Baills, born in 1851. The youngest on the list was born in 1943.
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