Photo: Chatsam · CC BY-SA 3.0Coëx has no famous person on record yet
Serge Papin tops the 4 names on record in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, 8 mi away. Across Vendée, 102 towns list someone born there. No town in Vendée lists more than La Roche-sur-Yon, with 73. 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 Coëx (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 Coëx as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Coëx
Close by, Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie counts 4 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Coëx
Who counts as from Coëx?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Coëx 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)
- Serge Papin: Bogdan Hoyaux / European Union, 2025 / EC - Audiovisual Service, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Milcendeau: Henri Evenepoel (1872-1899), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles-François de La Rochefoucauld-Bayers: Jean-Michel Moreau (1741–1814) Texier G. (vers 1750-après 1824, graveur), Dejabin (éditeur), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fabien Grellier: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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