Photo: Labiloute · CC BY-SA 3.0No one from Précigné is on the famous people list yet
Sablé-sur-Sarthe, 5 mi away, has 13 on its list, the best known Prosper Guéranger. The Sarthe lists hold names for 95 towns. The longest list of any town in Sarthe belongs to Le Mans, with 160. After Le Mans, the next longest list in Sarthe is La Flèche’s, with 31.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Précigné (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Précigné as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Précigné
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Précigné, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Précigné
Who counts as from Précigné?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Précigné 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)
- Prosper Guéranger: Claude Ferdinand Gaillard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Lebasque: Henri Lebasque, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis de Blois: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexis Axilette: Alexis Axilette, 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.