According to the Gerontology Research Group

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 (GRG), there have been 16 verified supercentenarians from Belgium. As of , there are 2 verified living supercentenarians in Belgium, the older of whom is Germaine Degueldre age . The oldest Belgian ever was Joanna Deroover, who died in 2002 aged 112 years 186 days.

Living Belgian supercentenarians

Below is a list of the oldest living people from Belgium. Those listed as 'verified' have been validated by the Gerontology Research Group, an international body that specifically deals in longevity

Longevity

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 research. Those that are 'unverified' have provided no documents to support the age claimed.

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Age as of	Province of birth	Province of residence
1	Germaine Degueldre	F	26 September 1900		Hainaut	Hainaut
2	Jan Goossenaerts Jan Goossenaerts Joannes "Jan" Aloïsius Goossenaerts is a Belgian supercentenarian. Since the death of Stanley Lucas of the United Kingdom he has been the oldest living man in Europe. He is currently the world's third-oldest living man. The Gerontology Research Group lists him as the fifty-six oldest living...	M	30 October 1900		Antwerp	Antwerp

Belgian emigrant supercentenarians

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Age as of	Province of birth	Country of residence
1	Maria Richard	F	28 November 1900		Luxembourg	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

Belgian supercentenarians

Below is a list of Belgian supercentenarians. The lifespans listed as 'verified' have been validated by the Gerontology Research Group. Those listed as 'pending' are backed by at least one document supporting the claimed age, but not the three necessary for validation by GRG.

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Death date	Age	Province or Region of birth	Province or Region of death
1	Joanna Deroover	F	3 June 1890	6 December 2002	112 years, 186 days	Flemish Brabant	Flemish Brabant
2	Adrienne Ledent Adrienne Ledent Adrienne Ledent aged 111 years 192 days was a Belgian supercentenarian. She became the oldest person living in Belgium on 1 May 2010 with the death of Gabriëlle Demets. She was also the last known Belgian as well as the youngest validated person born before 1900.-Biography:Ledent got married to a...	F	13 December 1899	23 June 2011	111 years, 192 days	Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...	Luxembourg
3	Ludovica Vansprengel	F	30 January 1882	22 April 1993	111 years, 82 days	Antwerp	Antwerp
4	Germaine Degueldre	F	26 September 1900	Living		Hainaut	Living in Hainaut
5	Bernardina Van Dommelen	F	15 March 1899	16 April 2010	111 years, 32 days	Antwerp	Antwerp
6	Jan Goossenaerts Jan Goossenaerts Joannes "Jan" Aloïsius Goossenaerts is a Belgian supercentenarian. Since the death of Stanley Lucas of the United Kingdom he has been the oldest living man in Europe. He is currently the world's third-oldest living man. The Gerontology Research Group lists him as the fifty-six oldest living...	M	30 October 1900	Living		Antwerp	Living in Antwerp
7	Aimée Rensonnet	F	18 January 1900	15 December 2010	110 years, 331 days	Brussels Brussels Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...	Hainaut
8	Romanie Pollet	F	21 December 1898	17 October 2009	110 years, 300 days	West Flanders	Brussels
9	Anne Vandermersch-Adam	F	14 December 1892	8 October 2003	110 years, 298 days	Namur Namur Namur may refer to:*Namur in Belgian context:**Namur , a municipality and a city of Belgium, the capital of Wallonia**Namur , a province in Wallonia, Belgium, named after the provincial capital city...	Brussels
10	Gabriëlle Demets	F	26 August 1899	1 May 2010	110 years, 248 days	West Flanders	West Flanders
11	Maria Pierson-Ledent	F	20 June 1899	6 January 2010	110 years, 200 days	Luxembourg	Namur
12	Irma Vanderhaegen	F	26 June 1887	11 November 1997	110 years, 138 days	East Flanders	East Flanders
13	Maria De Jaeger Maria De Jaeger Maria De Jaeger was a Belgian supercentenarian.-See Also:*List of Belgian supercentenarians* List of verified supercentenarians who died in 2011...	F	15 January 1901	30 April 2011	110 years, 105 days	East Flanders	East Flanders
14	Catherina Ververs	F	27 October 1888	24 January 1999	110 years, 89 days	Flemish Brabant	Flemish Brabant
15	Louis Marion	M	10 October 1893	28 December 2003	110 years, 79 days	Namur	Namur
16	Alice De Ruyver	F	10 February 1889	14 March 1999	110 years, 32 days	East Flanders	East Flanders

Belgian emigrant supercentenarians

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Death date	Age	Province of birth	Country of death
1	Jan Machiel Reyskens	M	11 May 1878	7 January 1990	111 years, 241 days	Limburg Limburg (Belgium) Limburg is the easternmost province of modern Flanders, which is one of the three main political and cultural sub-divisions of modern Belgium. It is located west of the river Meuse . It borders on the Dutch provinces of North Brabant and Limburg and the Belgian provinces of Liège, Flemish Brabant...	Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
2	Maria Richard	F	28 November 1900	Living		Luxembourg	Living in France

Oldest Belgian person by province and region

Below is a list of the oldest person from each Belgian province. The lifespans listed as 'verified' have been validated by the Gerontology Research Group. Those listed as 'pending' are backed by at least one document supporting the claimed age, but not the three necessary for validation by GRG. Those listed as 'unverified' are not backed by any documents. Where longevity claims

Longevity claims

Longevity claims assert extreme human longevity. Those asserting lifespans of 110 years or more are referred to as supercentenarian. Many have either no official verification or are backed only by partial evidence...

 are in dispute, this is noted, as well.

Brussels

Brussels

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 is treated as a region, because it is not a province

Province

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Province or Region	Name	Sex	Birth date	Death date	Age
Antwerp	Ludovica Vansprengel	F	30 January 1882	22 April 1993	111 years, 82 days
Brussels	Aimée Rensonnet	F	18 January 1900	15 December 2010	110 years, 331 days
East Flanders	Irma Vanderhaegen	F	26 June 1887	11 November 1997	110 years, 138 days
Flemish Brabant	Joanna Deroover	F	3 June 1890	6 December 2002	112 years, 186 days
Hainaut	Germaine Degueldre	F	26 September 1900	Living
Liège Liège (province) Liège is the easternmost province of Belgium and belongs to the Walloon Region. It is an area of French and German ethnicity. It borders on the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and in Belgium the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Walloon Brabant , and those of Flemish Brabant and Limburg . Its...	Elisa Dumoulin	F	13 September 1902	6 September 2011	108 years, 358 days
Limburg	Jan Machiel Reyskens	M	11 May 1878	7 January 1990	111 years, 241 days
Luxembourg	Adrienne Ledent Adrienne Ledent Adrienne Ledent aged 111 years 192 days was a Belgian supercentenarian. She became the oldest person living in Belgium on 1 May 2010 with the death of Gabriëlle Demets. She was also the last known Belgian as well as the youngest validated person born before 1900.-Biography:Ledent got married to a...	F	13 December 1899	23 June 2011	111 years ,192 days
Namur	Anne Vandermersch-Adam	F	14 December 1892	8 October 2003	110 years, 298 days
West Flanders	Romanie Pollet	F	21 December 1898	17 October 2009	110 years, 300 days

Chronological list of the oldest living person in Belgium since 1997

From	To	Name	Sex	Age(s) when oldest	Lifespan	Province or Region of death
?	11 November 1997	Irma Vanderhaegen	F	? – 110	26 June 1887 – 11 November 1997 110 years, 138 days	East Flanders
11 November 1997	24 January 1999	Catherina Ververs	F	109 – 110	27 October 1888 – 24 January 1999 110 years, 89 days	Flemish Brabant
24 January 1999	14 March 1999 ( days)	Alice De Ruyver	F	109 – 110	10 February 1889 – 14 March 1999 110 years, 32 days	East Flanders
14 March 1999	6 December 2002	Joanna Deroover	F	108 – 112	3 June 1890 – 6 December 2002 112 years, 186 days	Flemish Brabant
6 December 2002	8 October 2003 ( days)	Anne Vandermersch-Adam	F	109 – 110	14 December 1892 – 8 October 2003 110 years, 298 days	Brussels
8 October 2003	28 December 2003 ( days)	Louis Marion	M	109 – 110	10 October 1893 – 28 December 2003 110 years, 79 days	Namur
28 December 2003	25 August 2004 ( days)	Victoire Ricaille	F	108 – 109	6 May 1895 – 25 August 2004 109 years, 111 days	Luxembourg
25 August 2004	30 December 2005	Maria Verkeyn	F	108 – 109	10 April 1896 – 30 December 2005 109 years, 264 days	West Flanders
30 December 2005	13 March 2006 ( days)	Maria Annaert	F	108	16 May 1897 – 13 March 2006 108 years, 301 days	Flemish Brabant
13 March 2006	18 August 2007	Irma van de Voorde	F	108 – 109	2 November 1897 – 18 August 2007 109 years, 289 days	East Flanders
18 August 2007	14 January 2008 ( days)	Marcelle Droogmans	F	108 – 109	30 August 1898 – 14 January 2008 109 years, 137 days	Brussels
14 January 2008	17 October 2009	Romanie Pollet	F	109 – 110	21 December 1898 – 17 October 2009 110 years, 300 days	Brussels
17 October 2009	16 April 2010 ( days)	Bernardina Van Dommelen	F	110 – 111	15 March 1899 – 16 April 2010 111 years, 32 days	Antwerp
16 April 2010	1 May 2010 ( days)	Gabriëlle Demets	F	110	26 August 1899 – 1 May 2010 110 years, 248 days	West Flanders
1 May 2010	23 June 2011	Adrienne Ledent Adrienne Ledent Adrienne Ledent aged 111 years 192 days was a Belgian supercentenarian. She became the oldest person living in Belgium on 1 May 2010 with the death of Gabriëlle Demets. She was also the last known Belgian as well as the youngest validated person born before 1900.-Biography:Ledent got married to a...	F	110 – 111	13 December 1899 – 23 June 2011 111 years, 192 days	Luxembourg
23 June 2011	Present ( days)	Germaine Degueldre	F	110 – 111*	born 26 September 1900 age	Living in Hainaut