No one from Vingrau is on the famous people list yet
A short trip away, Rivesaltes (7 mi) counts 12 famous people, Joseph Joffre among them. The longest list of any town in Pyrénées-Orientales belongs to Perpignan, with 297. After Perpignan, the next longest list in Pyrénées-Orientales is Céret’s, with 28. Across Pyrénées-Orientales, the lists cover 81 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Vingrau (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 Vingrau yet.
Famous people born near Vingrau
Of the towns around it, Rivesaltes has the most on record: 12.
Rivesaltes · 7 miJoseph Joffre & 11 moreFRPia · 10 miFrançois Reste de Roca & 4 moreACSalses-le-Château · 7 miArthur Conte & 3 morePBPézilla-la-Rivière · 11 miPaul Bergue & 2 moreJOEspira-de-l'Agly · 6 miJoan Cayrol i Obiols & 1 moreJGBaixas · 7 miJean Girbeau & 1 moreAEClaira · 11 miAlain Esclopé & 1 more
Le Soler · 12 miJoseph Bonafont & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Vingrau
Who counts as from Vingrau?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Vingrau 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)
- Joseph Joffre: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Bonafont: BUperpignan, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.