| Olympe Amaury | |
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| Birth: | 19 June 1901 Tracy-sur-loire, Nièvre, France |
| Death: | 12 May 2015 Amilly, Loiret, 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.
Amaury 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]
She died at the age of 113 years and 327 days on 12 May 2015.[4] Following her death the oldest French person is Eudoxie Baboul of French Guiana.[5]
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-Philomene Flassayer • Marguerite-Marie Ayne • Rosine Wolff • Desiree Foucher • Marie-Ernestine Compain • Marie-Virginie Duhem • Frederique Noel • Augustine Tessier • Elisa Esnault • 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 |
