Editing Alès (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:SilkAndPasteurAles.JPG|thumb|160px|Statue of Louis Pasteur]]
*[[Rigord]] ({{circa|1150|1209}}), [[chronicler]] (probable birthplace)
*[[Jean-Pierre des Ours de Mandajors]] (1679–1747), historian and playwright
*[[Jean-Baptiste Dumas]] (1800–1884), chemist
*[[Gabriel Montoya]] (1868–1914), Parisian chansonnier
*[[Charles Dugas]] (1885–1957), archaeologist and hellenist
*[[Edgard de Larminat]] (1895–1962), general
*[[Louis Leprince-Ringuet]] (1901–2000), physicist
*[[Lucile Randon]] (1904–2023), supercentenarian and former world's oldest person
*[[Maurice André]] (1933–2012), trumpeter
*[[Catherine Daufès-Roux]] (born 1963), former [[Member of Parliament (France)|Member of Parliament]]
*[[Laurent Blanc]] (born 1965), footballer
*[[Stéphane Sarrazin]] (born 1975), sportscar racing driver, rally driver
*[[Romain Dumas]] (born 1977), sportscar racing driver
*[[Audrey Lamy]] (born 1981), actress and humorist
*[[Nabil El Zhar]] (born 1986), footballer
*[[Vincent Abril]] (born 1995), sportscar racing driver

[[Louis Pasteur]] did his research on the [[silkworm]] disease ([[pébrine]] and [[flacherie]]) at Alès, and the town dedicated a bust to his memory. There is also a statue of the chemist [[Jean-Baptiste Dumas|J.B. Dumas]].<ref name="EB1911"/> [[Alphonse Daudet]] wrote his semi-autobiographical novel "[[Le Petit Chose]]" while teaching at the Collège of Alès.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alès |website=Fédération d'Associations Eternel Alphonse Daudet (FederationAlphonseDaudet.fr) |language=fr |access-date=6 August 2020 |url=http://www.federationalphonsedaudet.fr/Chemins%20de%20Daudet%20ALES.htm |archive-date=30 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930100549/http://www.federationalphonsedaudet.fr/Chemins%20de%20Daudet%20ALES.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>