Photo: Jairoulak · CC BY-SA 4.0Bompas has no famous person on record yet
Hyacinthe Rigaud tops the 297 names on record in Perpignan, 3 mi away. Across Pyrénées-Orientales, 81 towns list someone born there. The longest list in Pyrénées-Orientales is Perpignan’s, with 297 names. After Perpignan, the next longest list in Pyrénées-Orientales is Céret’s, with 28.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Bompas (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bompas yet.
Famous people born near Bompas
The neighbour with the most names is Perpignan, at 297.
Perpignan · 3 miHyacinthe Rigaud & 296 more
Rivesaltes · 4 miJoseph Joffre & 11 moreFRPia · 1 miFrançois Reste de Roca & 4 more
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque · 4 miFernand Siré & 2 moreAEClaira · 2 miAlain Esclopé & 1 moreMAVillelongue-de-la-Salanque · 2 miMichel Azama & 1 moreJGTorreilles · 4 miJoseph Guiter
Sainte-Marie-la-Mer · 5 miLouis CarrèreQuestions about famous people from Bompas
Who counts as from Bompas?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bompas 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 (4)
- Hyacinthe Rigaud: Hyacinthe Rigaud, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Joffre: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fernand Siré: Fabricio Cardenas, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Carrère: File:USAP_1944.jpg, Public domain, 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.