2011 in France

The events from the year 2011 in France are mentioned below:

Incumbents

• President: Nicolas Sarkozy
• Prime Minister: François Fillon

Events

January

• 30 January – France win the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship after defeating Denmark.

March

• 20 March and 27 March – 2011 French cantonal elections

June

• June – International Institute of Nuclear Energy is officially inaugurated.
• 4 June – Murder of Alexandre Junca

November

• 6 November – 7 November – about 7,500 homes in the departments of Var and Alpes-Maritimes lost internet or phone service due to floods in Europe.
• 29 November – France including its overseas territories switched off all of its analogue signals at the same time.

General

The penetration rate of the mobile phone in French Republic is from around 96-97% to 100-101%.

Ongoing

Births

• 19 October – Giulia Sarkozy, daughter of Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni

Deaths

• 17 January – Jean Dutourd, novelist (born 1920)
• 3 February
• Maria Schneider, actress (born 1952)
• Édouard Glissant, writer, poet and literary critic (born 1928)
• 6 February – Andrée Chedid, Egyptian-born poet and novelist (born 1920)
• 15 February – François Nourissier, journalist and writer (born 1927)
• 23 February – Jean Lartéguy, writer, journalist, and former soldier (born 1920)
• 28 February – Annie Girardot, actress (born 1931)
• 25 March – Jean Royer, politician, former Minister, and former Mayor of Tours (born 1920)
• 24 April – Marie-France Pisier, Indochinese-born actress (born 1944)
• 13 September – DJ Mehdi, hip hop and house producer (born 1977)
• 15 September – Georges Fillioud, politician (born 1929)
• 16 September – Jean Leclant, archaeologist and Egyptologist (born 1920)
• 17 September – Roger Agache, archaeologist (born 1926)
• 19 September – Bernard Collomb, racing driver (born 1930)
• 21 September – Paulette Dubost, actress (born 1910)
• 22 September – Danielle Mitterrand, activist and widow of François Mitterrand (born 1924)
• 27 September – Cizia Zykë, writer and adventurer (born 1949)
• 25 December – Christophe Laigneau, footballer (Stade Lavallois) (born 1965)

References