No one born in Bois-de-Céné has made the famous people list yet
Challans, 7 mi off, can claim 13 famous people, the best known Jacqueline Auriol. Famous people are on record for 102 of the towns in Vendée. The longest list in Vendée is La Roche-sur-Yon’s, with 73 names. After La Roche-sur-Yon, the next longest list in Vendée is Fontenay-le-Comte’s, with 55.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Bois-de-Céné (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 Bois-de-Céné as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Bois-de-Céné
Challans has the longest list next door: 13.
Challans · 7 miJacqueline Auriol & 12 moreMLMachecoul-Saint-Même · 5 miMickaël Landreau & 10 moreAMVilleneuve-en-Retz · 7 miAnna Mahé & 2 more
Soullans · 10 miCharles Milcendeau & 1 more
La Garnache · 4 miArmand Charles de Baudry d'AssonFPSaint-Gervais · 6 miFrançois PajotCMSallertaine · 6 miClaude MoreauCGBeauvoir-sur-Mer · 8 miCharles GalletQuestions about famous people from Bois-de-Céné
Who counts as from Bois-de-Céné?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bois-de-Céné 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 (3)
- Jacqueline Auriol: André Cros, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Milcendeau: Henri Evenepoel (1872-1899), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Armand Charles de Baudry d'Asson: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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