List of French supercentenarians

This is a list of verified French supercentenarians (people from France who have attained the age of at least 110 years). There have been 123 verified supercentenarians from France.[1] The oldest person ever from France was Jeanne Calment, who is the oldest verified person ever and died in 1997 aged 122 years 164 days. As of 16 February 2012, there are 7 verified living supercentenarians, along with 4 pending, and 2 unverified in France, the oldest of whom is Marie-Thérèse Bardet age &10000000000000113000000113 years, &10000000000000277000000277 days.

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Living French supercentenarians

Below is a list of the oldest living people from France. Those listed as 'verified' have been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group. Those listed as 'pending' have provided at least one document supporting the claimed age but not the three necessary for validation. Those that are 'unverified' have provided no documents to support the age claimed.

      Verified       Pending       Unverified

Rank Name Sex Birth date Age as of 16 February 2012 Region or Country of birth Region of residence
1 Marie-Thérèse Bardet[1] F 2 June 1898 &10000000000000113000000113 years, &10000000000000277000000277 days Bretagne Pays de la Loire
2 Paule Bronzini[1] F 7 July 1900 &10000000000000111000000111 years, &10000000000000242000000242 days Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Philomène Courbon F 15 September 1900 &10000000000000111000000111 years, &10000000000000172000000172 days Auvergne Rhône-Alpes
3 Maria Richard[1] F 28 November 1900 &10000000000000111000000111 years, &1000000000000009800000098 days Belgium Languedoc-Roussillon
4 Eugénie Dauzat[1] F 6 December 1900 &10000000000000111000000111 years, &1000000000000009000000090 days Auvergne Auvergne
5 Olive Deschamps[1] F 22 February 1901 &10000000000000111000000111 years, &1000000000000001200000012 days Centre Centre
6 Émilienne Nacry[1] F 10 March 1901 &10000000000000110000000110 years, &10000000000000361000000361 days Nord-Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais
7 Madeleine Mièze[1] F 28 April 1901 &10000000000000110000000110 years, &10000000000000312000000312 days Nord-Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Olympe Amaury F 19 June 1901 &10000000000000110000000110 years, &10000000000000260000000260 days Centre Centre
Jeanne Rannou F 14 September 1901 &10000000000000110000000110 years, &10000000000000173000000173 days Bretagne Ile-de-France
Odette Ambühler F 17 September 1901 &10000000000000110000000110 years, &10000000000000170000000170 days Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire
Suzanne Hallet F 17 September 1901 &10000000000000110000000110 years, &10000000000000170000000170 days Centre Centre
Eudoxie Baboul F 30 September 1901 &10000000000000110000000110 years, &10000000000000157000000157 days French Guiana French Guiana

a^ Narbonne was born in French Algeria. It is now Algeria.

French supercentenarians

      Deceased (Verified)       Living (Verified)       Pending       Age disputed

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Region or Country of birth Region of death
1 Jeanne Calment[2] F 21 February 1875 4 August 1997 122 years, 164 days Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
2 Marie Brémont[2] F 25 April 1886 6 June 2001 115 years, 42 days Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire
3 Eugénie Blanchard[3] F 16 February 1896 4 November 2010 114 years, 261 days Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy
4 Lydie Vellard[2] F 18 March 1875 17 September 1989 114 years, 183 days Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire
5 Camille Loiseau[2] F 13 February 1892 12 August 2006 114 years, 180 days Î-de-France Î-de-France
6 Anne Primout[2] F 5 October 1890 26 March 2005 114 years, 172 days Algeria[a] Languedoc-Roussillon
7 Luce Maced[2] F 2 May 1886 25 February 2000 113 years, 299 days Guadeloupe Martinique
8 Marcelle Narbonne[1] F 25 March 1898 1 January 2012 113 years, 282 days Algeria[b] Languedoc-Roussillon
9 Clémentine Solignac[4] F 7 September 1894 25 May 2008 113 years, 261 days Auvergne Auvergne
10 Marie-Thérèse Bardet[1] F 2 June 1898 Living &10000000000000113000000113 years, &10000000000000277000000277 days Bretagne Living in Pays de la Loire
11 Germaine Haye[2] F 10 October 1888 18 April 2002 113 years, 190 days Basse-Normandie Basse-Normandie
12 Marie-Simone Capony[5] F 14 March 1894 15 September 2007 113 years, 185 days Rhône-Alpes Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
13 Mathilde Aussant[6] F 27 February 1898 23 July 2011 113 years, 146 days Pays de la Loire Centre
14 Julia Sinédia-Cazour[2] F 12 July 1892 6 October 2005 113 years, 86 days Réunion Réunion
15 Pauline Chabanny[2] F 20 August 1881 13 August 1994 112 years, 358 days Centre Île-de-France
16 Jeanne Dumaine[2] F 19 March 1886 3 January 1999 112 years, 290 days Île-de-France Île-de-France
17 Marie Mornet[2] F 4 April 1894 5 January 2007 112 years, 276 days Poitou-Charentes Poitou-Charentes
18 Joséphine Choquet[2] F 6 June 1878 14 February 1991 112 years, 253 days Bretagne Picardie
19 Lucie Péré-Pucheu[2] F 13 August 1893 6 April 2006 112 years, 236 days Aquitane Aquitane
20 Marie-Louise Lhuillier[5] F 26 June 1895 28 December 2007 112 years, 185 days New Caledonia New Caledonia
21 Marguerite Petit[2] F 3 July 1883 21 December 1995 112 years, 171 days Lorraine[c] Lorraine
22 Eugénie Roux[2] F 24 January 1874 20 June 1986 112 years, 147 days Franche-Comté Rhône-Alpes
23 Yvonne Bory[2] F 14 March 1891 7 August 2003 112 years, 146 days ? Bretagne
24 Jeanne Colas[2] F 9 June 1886 15 October 1998 112 years, 128 days ? ?
25 Agnès Fagoo[2] F 19 December 1894 12 April 2007 112 years, 114 days Nord-Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais
26 Constance Cariou[5] F 8 May 1895 29 August 2007 112 years, 113 days Pays de la Loire Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
27 Célestine Colombeau[2] F 17 February 1884 9 May 1996 112 years, 82 days ? ?
28 Marie-Louise Jeancard[2] F 5 September 1876 25 November 1988 112 years, 81 days ? ?
29 Augustine Tessier[2] F 2 January 1869 8 March 1981 112 years, 65 days ? Languedoc-Roussillon
30 Mathilde Octavie Tafna[2] F 16 March 1895 1 May 2007 112 years, 46 days Guadeloupe Guadeloupe
31 Olympe Pidancet[7] F 24 January 1897 19 February 2009 112 years, 26 days Bourgogne Rhône-Alpes
32 Blanche Marie Grosdidier[2] F 3 October 1889 10 October 2001 112 years, 7 days ? Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
33 Marie-Hélène Chanteperdrix[2] F 5 March 1886 9 March 1998 112 years, 4 days ? Nord-Pas-de-Calais
34 Louise Fleury-Mallet[2] F 8 March 1888 9 March 2000 112 years, 1 day ? ?
35 Clothilde Roy[2] F 23 October 1889 13 October 2001 111 years, 355 days ? ?
36 Marie Combéléran[2] F 8 June 1889 23 May 2001 111 years, 349 days ? ?
37 Jeannette Gayraud[2] F 12 May 1892 31 March 2004 111 years, 324 days ? Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
38 Zoé Vérot[2] F 15 February 1884 4 January 1996 111 years, 323 days ? ?
39 Germaine Stadler[2] F 29 March 1893 14 February 2005 111 years, 322 days Nord-Pas-de-Calais ?
40 Maurice Floquet[2] M 25 December 1894 10 November 2006 111 years, 320 days Champagne-Ardenne Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
41 Félicité Jandia[2] F 12 February 1881 7 December 1992 111 years, 299 days Guadeloupe Guadeloupe
42 Mathilde Gauchou[2] F 19 March 1879 30 December 1990 111 years, 286 days ? ?
43 Pauline Sevaille[2] F 20 November 1890 29 August 2002 111 years, 282 days ? ?
44 Marie-Virginie Duhem[2] F 2 August 1866 25 April 1978 111 years, 266 days Nord-Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais
45 Marie-Louise Bernède[2] F 6 April 1894 11 December 2005 111 years, 249 days ? ?
46 Marie-Louise Lambert[2] F 9 April 1888 11 December 1999 111 years, 246 days ? ?
Mathilde Gratry[8] F 10 May 1896 10 January 2008 111 years, 245 days Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes
47 Catherine Trompeter[2] F 26 March 1895 18 November 2006 111 years, 235 days Alsace[d] Lorraine
48 Henriette Mégévand[2] F 24 June 1887 7 January 1999 111 years, 197 days ? ?
49 Catherine Soiron[6] F 31 July 1899 31 January 2011 111 years, 184 days ? Picardie
50 Maria Bigue[2] F 10 September 1886 12 March 1998 111 years, 183 days ? ?
51 Paule Bronzini[1] F 7 July 1900 Living &10000000000000111000000111 years, &10000000000000242000000242 days Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Living in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
52 Emile Fourcade[2] M 29 July 1884 29 December 1995 111 years, 153 days Algeria[e] Rhône-Alpes
53 Maria-Anna Higelin[2] F 18 November 1882 21 March 1994 111 years, 123 days ? ?
54 Blanche Aubertin[6] F 23 January 1900 24 April 2011 111 years, 91 days Lorraine[f] Lorraine
55 Maria Richard[1] F 28 November 1900 Living &10000000000000111000000111 years, &1000000000000009800000098 days Belgium Living in Languedoc-Roussillon
56 Eugénie Dauzat[1] F 6 December 1900 Living &10000000000000111000000111 years, &1000000000000009000000090 days Auvergne Living in Auvergne
57 Marthe Gojon[2] F 1 November 1893 28 November 2004 111 years, 27 days Bourgogne Rhône-Alpes
58 Berthe Sadron[2] F 18 February 1888 27 February 1999 111 years, 9 days ? ?
59 Marguerite Bellion[2] F 12 February 1891 29 January 2002 110 years, 351 days ? ?
60 Emilie Taillard[6] F 16 September 1900 31 August 2011 110 years, 349 days Franche-Comté Franche-Comté
61 Madeleine Delmotte[2] F 20 April 1896 31 March 2007 110 years, 345 days Nord-Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais
62 Elisabeth Seube[2] F 8 April 1889 6 March 2000 110 years, 333 days ? ?
63 Aline Beslay[7] F 17 June 1898 6 May 2009 110 years, 323 days Centre Centre
64 Jeanne Violette[2] F 12 January 1889 27 November 1999 110 years, 319 days ? ?
65 Olive Deschamps[1] F 22 February 1901 Living &10000000000000111000000111 years, &1000000000000001200000012 days Centre Living in Centre
66 Marie-Louise Thurneyssen[2] F 21 August 1888 27 June 1999 110 years, 310 days ? ?
67 Marie-Isabelle Tuffal[2] F 14 January 1889 12 November 1999 110 years, 302 days ? ?
68 Émilienne Nacry[1] F 10 March 1901 Living &10000000000000110000000110 years, &10000000000000361000000361 days Nord-Pas-de-Calais Living in Nord-Pas-de-Calais
69 Frédérique Noël[2] F 19 June 1868 14 April 1979 110 years, 299 days ? ?
70 Jeanne Gagnard[3] F 29 October 1899 14 August 2010 110 years, 289 days Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes
Marie Margueritte Robert[2] F 9 January 1893 19 October 2003 110 years, 283 days ? ?
71 Mathilde Rouené[2] F 13 August 1895 20 May 2006 110 years, 280 days ? ?
72 Caroline Campistron[2] F 27 May 1867 2 March 1978 110 years, 279 days ? Poitou-Charentes
73 Marie Lemoigne[3] F 18 May 1899 31 January 2010 110 years, 258 days Haute-Normandie Basse-Normandie
74 Madeleine Mièze[1] F 28 April 1901 Living &10000000000000110000000110 years, &10000000000000312000000312 days Nord-Pas-de-Calais Living in Nord-Pas-de-Calais
75 Henri Pérignon[2] M 14 October 1879 18 June 1990 110 years, 247 days Basse-Normandie ?
76 Alexis Daigneau[2] M 4 August 1890 3 April 2001 110 years, 242 days Poitou-Charentes Poitou-Charentes
Marie Audy[8] F 29 March 1899 24 November 2009 110 years, 240 days Aquitaine Aquitaine
77 Jeanne Berget[7] F 13 July 1898 6 March 2009 110 years, 236 days Bourgogne Bourgogne
78 Marie-Céline Maissonniaud[2] F 26 October 1876 17 June 1987 110 years, 234 days ? ?
Hélène Carrion[7] F 14 October 1898 5 June 2009 110 years, 234 days Bourgogne Bourgogne
80 Marie Prodhomme[6] F 14 June 1900 30 January 2011 110 years, 230 days Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire
81 Marcelle-Jeanne Colas[4] F 28 July 1897 11 March 2008 110 years, 227 days ? Pays de la Loire
82 Anne-Marie Héméry[2] F 25 July 1889 6 March 2000 110 years, 225 days ? ?
83 Lucia Damiano[6] F 4 August 1900 16 March 2011 110 years, 224 days Italy Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Jeanne Hue[2] F 2 October 1895 5 May 2006 110 years, 215 days Tunisia[g] ?
84 Bernard Delhom[2] M 9 July 1885 7 February 1996 110 years, 213 days Aquitane Île-de-France
85 Maria Laborie[2] F 26 April 1887 22 November 1997 110 years, 210 days ? ?
86 Aimé Avignon[5] M 2 February 1897 23 August 2007 110 years, 202 days Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon
Olympe Amaury[8] F 19 June 1901 Living &10000000000000110000000110 years, &10000000000000260000000260 days Centre Living in Centre
87 Anna Lacour[6] F 5 July 1900 18 January 2011 110 years, 197 days Aquitane Aquitane
88 Juliette Baudoin[2] F 19 February 1883 24 August 1993 110 years, 186 days ? ?
89 Caroline Dott[3] F 5 February 1900 8 August 2010 110 years, 184 days Alsace[h] Alsace
90 Hélène Cazes[3] F 29 September 1899 25 March 2010 110 years, 177 days Île-de-France Poitou-Charentes
Denise Fétrot[8] F 27 January 1898 15 July 2008 110 years, 170 days Picardie Champagne-Ardenne
91 Rosina Carli[6] F 23 April 1901 8 October 2011 110 years, 168 days Italy Lorraine
92 Marthe Denis[2] F 7 December 1888 20 May 1999 110 years, 164 days ? ?
93 Mélanie Dormois[2] F 8 July 1887 13 December 1997 110 years, 158 days ? ?
94 Jeanne Portet-Rouch[5] F 29 May 1897 27 October 2007 110 years, 151 days Midi-Pyrénées Midi-Pyrénées
95 Juliette Merceron[2] F 23 April 1888 16 September 1998 110 years, 146 days ? ?
Louise Bontemps[5] F 13 June 1897 6 November 2007 110 years, 146 days Île-de-France Picardie
97 Marie Mougin[2] F 25 June 1877 17 November 1987 110 years, 145 days ? ?
98 Elisa Esnault[2] F 10 December 1870 25 April 1981 110 years, 136 days ? Bourgogne
99 Alexandrine Renaud[2] F 8 September 1887 18 January 1998 110 years, 132 days ? ?
100 Jean Teillet[2] M 6 November 1866 17 March 1977 110 years, 131 days ? Île-de-France
Ismène Baffard[7] F 24 October 1898 4 March 2009 110 years, 131 days Guadeloupe Guadeloupe
Jeanne Rannou[8] F 14 September 1901 Living &10000000000000110000000110 years, &10000000000000173000000173 days Bretagne Living in Ile-de-France
102 Anna Boulet[2] F 28 June 1889 19 October 1999 110 years, 113 days ? ?
Odette Ambühler[8] F 17 September 1901 Living &10000000000000110000000110 years, &10000000000000170000000170 days Pays de la Loire Living in Pays de la Loire
Suzanne Hallet[8] F 17 September 1901 Living &10000000000000110000000110 years, &10000000000000170000000170 days Centre Living in Centre
103 Marthe Bellecour[2] F 18 April 1883 4 August 1993 110 years, 108 days ? ?
104 Elisabeth Vuillemot[2] F 23 September 1895 3 January 2006 110 years, 102 days ? ?
105 Louis de Cazenave[4] M 16 October 1897 20 January 2008 110 years, 96 days Auvergne Auvergne
Lazare Ponticelli[4] M 7 December 1897 12 March 2008 110 years, 96 days Italy Île-de-France
107 Elisa Cubells[2] F 20 August 1885 16 November 1995 110 years, 88 days Spain Île-de-France
108 Annette Faron[2] F 15 February 1869 12 May 1979 110 years, 86 days ? Auvergne
109 Marie Vigne-Ben Cimon[2] F 23 September 1894 7 December 2004 110 years, 75 days Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes
110 Joséphine Fouesnel[3] F 9 October 1900 15 December 2010 110 years, 67 days Nord-Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Marie Grosclaude[8] F 15 October 1897 20 December 2007 110 years, 66 days Franche-Comté Bourgogne
Joséphine Jeanne Faure-Geors[8] F 30 January 1899 1 April 2009 110 years, 61 days ? Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
111 Marie-Madeleine Hellio[7] F 7 November 1898 5 January 2009 110 years, 59 days Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes
112 Marie-Louise Antelme[2] F 28 December 1881 19 February 1992 110 years, 53 days ? ?
Véronique Louis-Sidney[8] F 23 June 1900 13 August 2010 110 years, 51 days Martinique Martinique
113 Marie-Louise Renier[7] F 21 November 1898 5 January 2009 110 years, 45 days Limousin Centre
Anne-Marie Lissilour[8] F 1 August 1900 14 September 2010 110 years, 44 days Corse Corse
114 Marie-Thérèse Cau[2] F 9 January 1884 21 February 1994 110 years, 43 days ? ?
115 Nouria Hutin[2] F 12 July 1884 23 August 1994 110 years, 42 days ? ?
116 Fernande Revel[4] F 2 September 1898 12 October 2008 110 years, 40 days Basse-Normandie Pays de la Loire
117 Marie Bouvier[2] F 26 November 1883 30 December 1993 110 years, 34 days ? ?
118 Marthe Ardouin-Schmid[2] F 12 July 1893 13 August 2003 110 years, 32 days Île-de-France Île-de-France
119 Sophie Dernoncourt[2] F 9 May 1884 7 June 1994 110 years, 29 days ? ?
Jeanne Samson[2] F 5 November 1890 4 December 2000 110 years, 29 days ? ?
121 Adeline Soboul[2] F 8 February 1890 6 March 2000 110 years, 27 days ? ?
122 Marie Fastayre[2] F 17 May 1888 30 May 1998 110 years, 13 days ? ?
123 Jeanne Bonnard-Rochet[5] F 29 November 1897 29 November 2007 110 years, 0 days Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes

a^ Primout was born in French Algeria. It is now Algeria.
b^ Narbonne was born in French Algeria. It is now Algeria.
c^ Petit was born in Lorraine, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
d^ Trompeter was born in Alsace, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
e^ Fourcade was born in French Algeria. It is now Algeria.
f^ Aubertin was born in Lorraine, which was then mostly part of the German Empire, but the part where she was born was still a part of France (Relanges).
g^ Hue was born in French Tunisia. It is now Tunisia.
h^ Dott was born in Alsace, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.

French emigrant supercentenarians

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Region of birth Country of death
1 Marie-Rose Mueller[5] F 20 September 1896 5 November 2007 111 years, 46 days Alsace[i] United States
2 Berta Zeisler[3] F 2 February 1900 1 December 2010 110 years, 302 days Lorraine[j] Germany
3 Johanna Meyer[9] F 6 December 1896 12 January 2007 110 years, 37 days Alsace[k] Italy

i^ Mueller was born in the French part of Alsace, which is today the territory of Belfort.
j^ Zeisler was born in Lorraine, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
k^ Meyer was born in Alsace, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.

Oldest French person by region

This is a list of the oldest verified people by birth from each region by today borders

      Deceased (Verified)       Living (Verified)       Pending       Age disputed       Unverified

Region Name Sex Birth date Death date Age
Alsace
Aquitaine Lucie Péré-Pucheu F 13 August 1893 6 April 2006 112 years, 236 days
Auvergne Clémentine Solignac F 7 September 1894 25 May 2008 113 years, 261 days
Basse-Normandie Germaine Haye F 10 October 1888 18 April 2002 113 years, 190 days
Bourgogne
Bretagne Marie-Thérèse Bardet[1] F 2 June 1898 Living &10000000000000113000000113 years, &10000000000000277000000277 days
Centre Pauline Chabanny F 20 August 1881 13 August 1994 112 years, 358 days
Champagne-Ardenne
Corse
Franche-Comté Eugénie Roux F 24 January 1874 20 June 1986 112 years, 147 days
Haute-Normandie
Ile-de-France Camille Loiseau F 13 February 1892 12 August 2006 114 years, 180 days
Languedoc-Roussillon Anne Primout F 5 October 1890 26 March 2005 114 years, 172 days
Limousin
Lorraine Marguerite Petit F 3 July 1883 21 December 1995 112 years, 171 days
Midi-Pyrénées
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Pays de la Loire Marie Brémont F 25 April 1886 6 June 2001 115 years, 42 days
Picardie
Poitou-Charentes Marie Mornet F 4 April 1894 5 January 2007 112 years, 276 days
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Jeanne Calment F 21 February 1875 4 August 1997 122 years, 164 days
Rhône-Alpes Marie-Simone Capony F 14 March 1894 15 September 2007 113 years, 185 days

Overseas regions

This is a list of the oldest verified people by birth from each French overseas region

Region Name Sex Birth date Death date Age
French Guiana Eudoxie Baboul F 30 September 1901 Living &10000000000000110000000110 years, &10000000000000157000000157 days
Guadeloupe Luce Maced F 2 May 1886 25 February 2000 113 years, 299 days
Martinique Véronique Louis-Sidney[8] F 23 June 1900 13 August 2010 110 years, 51 days
New Caledonia Marie-Louise Lhuillier F 26 June 1895 28 December 2007 112 years, 185 days
Réunion Julia Sinédia-Cazour F 12 July 1892 6 October 2005 113 years, 86 days
Saint Barthélemy Eugénie Blanchard F 16 February 1896 4 November 2010 114 years, 261 days

Chronological list of the oldest living person in France since 1975

      Deceased (Verified)       Living (Verified)       Pending       Age disputed       Unverified

From To Name Sex Age when oldest Lived Region of death
? 4 September 1975 Marie-Ernestine Compain F ? – 109 23 October 1865 – 4 September 1975
109 years, 316 days		 ?
4 September 1975 25 April 1978
(&100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000233000000233 days)		 Marie-Virginie Duhem F 109 – 111 2 August 1866 – 25 April 1978
111 years, 266 days		 ?
25 April 1978 14 April 1979
(354 days)		 Frédérique Noël F 109 – 110 19 June 1868 – 14 April 1979
110 years, 299 days		 ?
14 April 1979 8 March 1981
(&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000328000000328 days)		 Augustine Tessier F 110 – 112 2 January 1869 – 8 March 1981
112 years, 65 days		 Languedoc-Roussillon
8 March 1981 25 April 1981
(48 days)		 Elisa Esnault F 110 10 December 1870 – 25 April 1981
110 years, 136 days		 Bourgogne
25 April 1981 20 June 1986
(&100000000000000050000005 years, &1000000000000005600000056 days)		 Eugénie Roux F 107 – 112 24 January 1874 – 20 June 1986
112 years, 147 days		 Rhône-Alpes
20 June 1986 4 August 1997
(&1000000000000001100000011 years, &1000000000000004500000045 days)		 Jeanne Calment F 111 – 122 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997
122 years, 164 days		 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
4 August 1997 9 March 1998
(217 days)		 Marie-Hélène Chanteperdrix F 111 – 112 5 March 1886 – 9 March 1998
112 years, 4 days		 Nord-Pas-de-Calais
9 March 1998 3 January 1999
(300 days)		 Jeanne Dumaine F 111 – 112 19 March 1886 – 3 January 1999
112 years, 290 days		 Île-de-France
3 January 1999 6 June 2001
(&100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000154000000154 days)		 Marie Brémont F 112 – 115 25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001
115 years, 42 days		 Pays de la Loire
6 June 2001 18 April 2002
(316 days)		 Germaine Haye F 112 – 113 10 October 1888 – 18 April 2002
113 years, 190 days		 Basse-Normandie
18 April 2002 26 March 2005
(&100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000342000000342 days)		 Anne Primout F 111 – 114 5 October 1890 – 26 March 2005
114 years, 172 days		 Languedoc-Roussillon
26 March 2005 12 August 2006
(&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000139000000139 days)		 Camille Loiseau F 113 – 114 13 February 1892 – 12 August 2006
114 years, 180 days		 Île-de-France
12 August 2006 15 September 2007
(&100000000000000010000001 year, &1000000000000003400000034 days)		 Marie-Simone Capony F 112 – 113 14 March 1894 – 15 September 2007
113 years, 185 days		 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
15 September 2007 25 May 2008
(253 days)		 Clémentine Solignac F 113 7 September 1894 – 25 May 2008
113 years, 261 days		 Auvergne
25 May 2008 4 November 2010
(&100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000163000000163 days)		 Eugénie Blanchard F 112 – 114 16 February 1896 – 4 November 2010
114 years, 261 days		 Saint Barthélemy
4 November 2010 23 July 2011
(261 days)		 Mathilde Aussant[1] F 112 – 113 27 February 1898 – 23 July 2011
113 years, 146 days		 Centre
23 July 2011 1 January 2012
(162 days)		 Marcelle Narbonne[1] F 113 25 March 1898 – 1 January 2012
113 years, 282 days		 Languedoc-Roussillon
1 January 2012 Present
(64 days)		 Marie-Thérèse Bardet[1] F 113* born 2 June 1898
age &10000000000000113000000113 years, &10000000000000277000000277 days		 Living in Pays de la Loire

People

Lucie Péré-Pucheu

Lucie Léonie "Anne" Péré-Pucheu (13 August 1893 – 6 April 2006, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques), was the vice-doyenne of France and, by a quirk of fate, also ranked as the second-oldest person in Western Europe when she died at 112 years 236 days old. Péré-Pucheu was more than two years older than Germany's oldest person and well ahead of the UK's oldest person, born in 1895. She was a month older than the oldest persons in Portugal and Italy, and more than a year ahead of Spain's oldest-known person. Only fellow Frenchwoman and Parisian, Camille Loiseau, 114, ranked higher among verified living European supercentenarians. Anne lived in southwest France.[10]

Camille Loiseau

Camille Blanche Loiseau Chadal (13 February 1892 – 12 August 2006) was the oldest living person in France for more than a year, until her death at age 114. Loiseau was ranked fifth in the world in the 2007 edition of Guinness World Records. She achieved the position of France's oldest woman, known in France as the Doyenne de France, on the death of Anne Primout on 26 March 2005, who also died at age 114.

She was the oldest verified person living in Europe since the 28 December 2005 death of again 114-year-old Italian Virginia Dighero, and became the fifth oldest verified living person in the world on the death of 115-year-old American Susie Gibson on 16 February 2006. Madame Loiseau was succeeded as doyenne of France by Marie-Simone Capony, aged 112 at the time, though the title was first given to fellow 112-year-old Marie Mornet Robin who lived in the western town of Poitou-Charentes, but was three weeks younger than Capony.[11]

The French longevity recordholder, also the oldest verified person in history, is Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at the age of 122.

Following the 28 January 2007 death of 114-year-old American Emma Tillman, Camille Loiseau was confirmed as the oldest verified person from the year 1892 (in other words, although born in the same year, the ten+ months between their births was longer than the five months between their deaths, and thus Tillman never outaged Loiseau).

She was born in Paris and never moved out of the city until her hospitalization in 1998 due to a fall. She was the youngest of nine children, four boys and five girls. On 13 August 1910 she married René Frédéric Chadal, although their marriage lasted only 15 days.[12] As is common in France, Camille Loiseau chose not to use her husband's last name.

She had celebrated her last birthday "with a little champagne", and was known right to the end of her life for her humour and flirtatiousness. She died in the Hôpital Paul-Brousse in Villejuif.

Preceded by
Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi		 Oldest recognized living person in Europe
28 December 2005 — 12 August 2006		 Succeeded by
Maria de Jesus

Marie Mornet Robin

Marie Elise Mornet Robin (4 April 1894 – 5 January 2007) was a French supercentenarian and the second-oldest person in France, very close behind Marie-Simone Capony, when she died at age 112 years 276 days. She was born in Lessart and died in L'Isle Jourdain. At the time of her passing she also ranked third-oldest in Western Europe and 13th-oldest in the world.[13]

Mathilde Octavie Tafna

Mathilde Octavie Tafna Albina (16 March 1895 – 1 May 2007) was the oldest living person of a French possession since the death of 113-year-old Julia Sinédia-Cazour on 6 October 2005, until her own death at age 112. Living in Guadeloupe, she was the third-oldest French person and the 19th oldest person in the world. According to the Gerontology Research Group, she was succeeded by Marie-Louise Lhuillier of New Caledonia.[14]

Aimé Avignon

Aimé Avignon (2 February 1897 – 23 August 2007) was the oldest living man in France, at 110 years of age, from the death of 111-year-old Maurice Floquet on 10 November 2006 until his own death over nine months later. He also became the seventh French man to become a supercentenarian. He was the eighth-oldest man in the world, and the third-oldest in Europe. He never fought in the First World War, however, so he was not a poilu. Louis de Cazenave was the oldest living French World War I veteran and, at 109, took over as oldest living Frenchman until his own death on 20 January 2008.[15]

Marie-Louise Lhuillier

Marie-Louise Cathérine Lhuillier (also spelled L'Huillier) (26 June 1895 – 28 December 2007[16]) was a French supercentenarian, the second-oldest person in France and 14th-oldest in the world, at age 112 years 185 days when she died, in addition to being the oldest ever person to have lived in New Caledonia. She became the oldest person in the Southern Hemisphere after the death of Australian Myra Nicholson on 20 September 2007.

Born in Nouméa when it only had 6,000 inhabitants (it has over 100,000 now), she taught at the University of Sydney and also worked at a bank. She outlived the average life expectancy of women in 1900 by over 60 years, but she was still approximately ten years behind Jeanne Calment, the oldest person ever and also from France. It should be noted, moreover, that Lhuillier descended from French colonists (not the native population) and that New Caledonia is considered to be 'part of France' by the French government.

Marie-Clémentine Solignac

Marie-Clémentine Judith Solignac née Veyrac (7 September 1894 – 25 May 2008) was a French supercentenarian and the doyenne of France, the second-oldest person in Europe and the fourth-oldest in the world from the 22 March 2008 death of Arbella Ewing from the United States, until Solignac's death two months later. She was born in Vorey and was living in a retirement home there at the time of her death, aged 113 years 261 days. Her daughter, who had lived in the same nursing home as she had, died on 20 September 2007 at the age of 91.

Preceded by
Marie-Simone Capony		 France's oldest recognized living person
15 September 2007 — 25 May 2008		 Succeeded by
Eugénie Blanchard

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Validated living supercentenarians The Gerontology Research Group lists persons as living whose age has been validated and confirmed to be alive within the past year.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf Supercentenarians who lived in France
  3. ^ a b c d e f g GRG Deaths in 2010
  4. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GRG_Deaths_in_2008; see Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h GRG Deaths in 2007
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h GRG Deaths in 2011
  7. ^ a b c d e f g GRG Deaths in 2009
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l List of Pending cases
  9. ^ Supercentenarians who lived in Italy
  10. ^ Journal de Sauveterre de Béarn (French)
  11. ^ Camille Loiseau, oldest person in France, dies aged 114
  12. ^ Pictures of Camille Loiseau (French)
  13. ^ website of Marie Mornet Robin' nephew
  14. ^ Current oldest verified people and recent deaths
  15. ^ http://www.midilibre.com/actuv2/article.php?num=1187979182
  16. ^ http://www.caledosphere.com/?p=2887
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