| Olympe Amaury | |
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| Birth: | 19 June 1901 Tracy-sur-Loire, Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France |
| Death: | 12 May 2015 Amilly, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France |
| Age: | 113 years, 327 days |
| Country: |  FRA
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| Validated | |
Olympe Amaury (née Vignel; 19 June 1901 – 12 May 2015)[1] was the oldest living person in France. She was also the second-oldest living person in Europe behind Emma Morano of Italy, and the 12th-oldest living person in the world.
Biography[]
Olympe Vignel was born in Tracy-sur-Loire, France on 19 June 1901. She married Gaspard Bernard Amaury in Tracy sur Loire on 31 May 1924. She had 4 children (Ginette, Jacques, Michel and Claude). From 2003 until her death she lived in a retirement home in Amilly. She had 5 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren.[2][3] Her sister Yvonne Dupuy (1894–1996) lived to be 101.
She died at the age of 113 years and 327 days on 12 May 2015.[4] Following her death the oldest French person was Eudoxie Baboul of French Guiana.[5]
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References[]
- ↑ "Current Validated Living Supercentenarians As of October 18, 2014". grg.org. GRG. http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM.
- ↑ "La doyenne des Français est désormais Marie Brudieux". RTL.fr. http://www.rtl.fr/actu/societe-faits-divers/la-doyenne-des-francais-est-desormais-marie-brudieux-7773144024. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ↑ "Olympe Amaury, la nouvelle doyenne des Français, n'a "jamais fait de sport"". RTL.fr. http://www.rtl.fr/actu/olympe-amaury-la-nouvelle-doyenne-des-francais-n-a-jamais-fait-de-sport-7763219915. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ↑ France's oldest woman dies aged 114 after holding title twice
- ↑ [1] Retrieved May 16, 2015.
| France's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E) |
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Marie Langlois • Rose Sarda • Calixte Razimbaud • Catherine Mouche • Auguste Decate • Desiree Delory • Ferdinise Nebolle • Georgette Jeanmaire • Eugenie Marchand • Eugenie Proux • Emilie Coqueran • Laurence Entiope • Marie-Ernestine Compain • Marie-Virginie Duhem • Frederique Noel • Augustine Tessier • Elisa Esnault • Elvire Mendiboure • Eugenie Roux • Jeanne Calment • Marie-Helene Chanteperdrix • Jeanne Dumaine • Marie Bremont • Germaine Haye • Anne Primout • Camille Loiseau • Marie-Simone Capony • Clementine Solignac • Eugenie Blanchard • Maria Diaz • Marcelle Narbonne • Marie-Therese Bardet • Paule Bronzini • Irenise Moulonguet • Suzanne Burrier • Marie Liguinen • Olympe Amaury • Eudoxie Baboul • Elisabeth Collot • Honorine Rondello • Lucile Randon • Marie-Rose Tessier |