Oldest French Person By Region
This is a list of the oldest verified people by birth from each region-- according to today's borders.
Deceased (Verified) Living (Verified) Pending Unverified
| Region | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alsace | Catherine Trompeter | F | 28 March 1895 | 18 November 2006 | 111 years, 235 days |
| 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 | Olympe Pidancet | F | 24 January 1897 | 19 February 2009 | 112 years, 26 days |
| Bretagne | Marie-Thérèse Bardet | F | 2 June 1898 | 8 June 2012 | 114 years, 6 days |
| Centre | Pauline Chabanny | F | 20 August 1881 | 13 August 1994 | 112 years, 358 days |
| Champagne-Ardenne | Maurice Floquet | M | 25 December 1894 | 10 November 2006 | 111 years, 320 days |
| Corse | Anne-Marie Lissilour | F | 1 August 1900 | 14 September 2010 | 110 years, 44 days |
| Franche-Comté | Eugénie Roux | F | 24 January 1874 | 20 June 1986 | 112 years, 147 days |
| Haute-Normandie | Marie Lemoigne | F | 18 May 1899 | 31 January 2010 | 110 years, 258 days |
| Île-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 | Marie-Louise Rénier | F | 21 November 1898 | 5 January 2009 | 110 years, 45 days |
| Lorraine | Marguerite Petit | F | 3 July 1883 | 21 December 1995 | 112 years, 171 days |
| Midi-Pyrénées | Marie-Jeanne Portet-Rouch | F | 29 May 1897 | 27 October 2007 | 110 years, 151 days |
| Nord-Pas-de-Calais | Agnès Fagoo | F | 19 December 1894 | 12 April 2007 | 112 years, 114 days |
| Pays de la Loire | Marie Brémont | F | 25 April 1886 | 6 June 2001 | 115 years, 42 days |
| Picardie | Denise Fétrot | F | 27 January 1898 | 15 July 2008 | 110 years, 170 days |
| 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 |
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