| Elisabelle Lallemand | |
 Lallemand in January 2021, aged 108 | |
| Birth: | 14 February 1912 Saint-Louis, Reunion, France |
| Death: | 24 August 2023 Ruoms, Ardeche, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France |
| Age: | 111 years, 191 days |
| Country: |  REU, FRAFRA
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| Validated | |
Elisabelle "Bebelle" Lallemand [French: Élisabelle "Bébelle"] (14 February 1912 – 24 August 2023) was a French supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2023. At the time of her death, she was the oldest (known) living person born in the overseas department of Reunion.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Elisabelle Lallemand was born in the hamlet of La Riviere-Saint-Louis in Saint-Louis, Reunion, France on 14 February 1912. Her niece, Marie-Claude (in her 80s in 2021), said about her aunt's first name: "Her father hesitated between Elisabeth and Isabelle. Moved when he wrote the birth certificate, it came to Elisabelle." In her childhood, Lallemand regularly traveled to metropolitan France by boat.
Later Life[]
In 2013, Lallemand moved to Ruoms, Ardeche. In January 2022, accompagnied by her niece, she was vaccinated against COVID-19, making her one of the oldest (known) people to have received the vaccine.
In January 2021, Lallemand was interviewed by the newspaper Le Dauphine. About the evolution of the ways, she said: "We lived, in a way, better. We lacked everything, of course. (...) Ways are no longer the same at all." When asked about an advice for the young generation, she replied: "To be less egoist, and more tolerant. Tolerance is very very very very lacking."
As of her 109th birthday in 2021, Lallemand's health was reported to be consistently good. In February 2022, she celebrated her 110th birthday.
Lallemand died in Ruoms, Ardeche, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France on 24 August 2023 at the age of 111 years, 191 days. At the time of her death, she was second-oldest known living person in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, after an anonymous woman. She was also the oldest known living person in Ardeche department.
Gallery[]
References[]
- La doyenne supposée de l'Ardèche a 108 ans Les Centenaires Français, 18 February 2020
- Une Ardéchoise de 108 ans vaccinée contre la Covid-19 Le Dauphiné, 25 January 2021
- Ruoms : Élisabelle Lallemand raconte 108 ans d’une vie palpitante Le Dauphiné, 31 January 2021
- Élisabelle, 108 ans : « Il faut être moins égoïste, plus tolérant ! » Le Dauphiné, 2 February 2021
- Élisabelle Lallemand toujours en forme Les Centenaires Français, 22 February 2021
- 110 bougies pour Élisabelle Lallemand Le Dauphiné, 21 February 2022
- Elisabelle Lallemand fête ses 111 ans Le Dauphiné, 14 February 2023
- Obituary Libra Memoria, August 2023