2005 in France

This article lists events from the year 2005 in France.

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Events

5 January – Libération journalist Florence Aubenas and her Iraqi guide Hussein Hanoun Al-Saadi are taken hostage in Iraq.
11 February – André Vingt-Trois is named Archbishop of Paris.
20 February – Murders of Christelle and Lucas Leroy in Paris.
23 February – A controversial French law on colonialism, requiring teachers to paint it in a positive light, is passed by the national legislature.
25 February – Resignation of Minister of Finance Hervé Gaymard, following a scandal over the low rent of the exclusive apartment he occupied.
March – The Renault Laguna gets facelifted.
31 March – An amendment to the 35-hour workweek law is voted, extending possibilities of overtime.
April – The Fillon law reforming France's education system is voted, amidst student protests numbering hundreds of thousands.
6 April – First mental 13th root calculation of a 200-digit number, computed by Alexis Lemaire.
15 April – 2005 Paris fires – 24 people are killed and around 50 are injured in a fire at a hotel in central Paris.
27 April – First flight of Airbus A380 in Toulouse.
28 April – Sales begin of the Peugeot 1007 mini MPV.
16 May – Pentecost Monday ceases to be a statutory holiday, leading to strong protests.
19 May – Vélo'v bicycle-sharing system introduced in Lyon.
29 May – French referendum on the European Constitution votes resoundingly to reject it.
31 May – A new government, headed by Dominique de Villepin, is nominated.
June – The Peugeot 307 gets facelifted.
28 June – Official announcement that ITER will be built in Cadarache, Southern France.
5 July – Laurence Parisot becomes the president of the Mouvement des Entreprises de France.
2 August – Air France Flight 358 bursts into flames after skidding off the end of runway in Toronto, all passengers survive.
11 August – Ariane 5GS launches Thaïcom-4/iPStar-1, the heaviest telecommunications satellite to date at 6505 kg, into orbit.
16 August – West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes in Venezuela, killing 160, mostly French citizens from Martinique.
16 August – Assassination of Frère Roger, founder of the Taizé community.
September – New Renault Clio is launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
3 September – Jacques Chirac is hospitalized for a "small vascular incident" affecting his eyesight.
11 October – Murder of Marine Boisseranc.
27 October – 2005 civil unrest in France begins, and will last until 17 November.
November – The Renault Clio is voted European Car of the Year.
8 November – President Jacques Chirac declares a state of emergency on the 12th day of the French civil unrest.
16 November – Ariane 5 launches Spaceway-F2 and Telkom-2, the rocket's heaviest dual payload to date, at more than 8000 kg.
18 November – Partial privatization of Électricité de France.
27 November – Surgeons in France carry out the first human face transplant on Isabelle Dinoire.

Undated

Sourya, a French pop band is formed.

Births

17 October - Lola Lovinfosse, racing driver
9 December - Emily Hallifax, diver
21 December - Gabriel Debru, tennis player

Deaths

January to March

3 January – Claude Meillassoux, economic anthropologist and Africanist.
5 January – René Le Hénaff, film editor and director.
7 January – Pierre Daninos, writer and humorist.
8 January – Jacqueline Joubert, television presenter.
8 January – Michel Thomas, linguist, language teacher and decorated war veteran.
10 January – Georges Bernier, also known as Le Professeur Choron, humorist.
11 January – Fernand Cazenave, international rugby union player and coach.
15 January – Michel Moine, journalist and parapsychologist.
27 January – Aurélie Nemours, painter.
28 January
*Jacques Villeret, actor.
*Karen Lancaume, adult film star.
February – Madeleine Giteau, historian.
6 February – Hubert Curien, physicist.
7 February
*Madeleine Rebérioux, historian.
*Paul Rebeyrolle, painter.
10 February
*Humbert Balsan, film producer.
*Jean Cayrol, poet and publisher.
11 February – Raymond Hermantier, actor.
13 February – Maurice Trintignant, motor racing driver.
15 February – Pierre Bachelet, singer songwriter.
22 February – Simone Simon, actress.
25 February – Jean Prat, international rugby player.
1 March – Edouard Stern, banker.
15 March – Jean-Pierre Genet, cyclist.

April to June

8 April – Maurice Lafont, international soccer player.
11 April
*André François, cartoonist.
*Lucien Laurent, international soccer player, scored the first ever World Cup goal.
3 May – Pierre Moerlen, drummer and percussionist.
5 May – Claude Julien, journalist and editor.
13 May – Eddie Barclay, music producer.
20 May – Paul Ricœur, philosopher.
29 June – François-Xavier Verschave, one of founders of the NGO Survie.

July to September

2 July – Pierre Michelot, double bass player.
6 July – Claude Simon, novelist, 1985 Nobel Laureate in Literature.
8 July – Laurent-Michel Vacher, philosopher, writer and journalist.
19 July
*Alain Bombard, biologist, physician, politician and sailor.
*Jean-Michel Gaillard, politician.
26 July – Pierre Broué, historian and Trotskyist.
28 July – Jacques Lacarrière, ice hockey player.
3 August – Françoise d'Eaubonne, feminist writer.
7 August – Paul Arnaud de Foïard, General.
9 August
*Colette Besson, Olympic athlete.
*François Dalle, businessman
16 August – Frère Roger, founder of the Taizé community.
22 August
*Henri Genès, actor and singer.
*Luc Ferrari, composer.
25 August – Jacques Dufilho, actor.
31 August
*Stéphane Bruey, international soccer player.
*André Debry, one of the last surviving French veterans of World War I.
9 September – André Pousse, actor.
17 September – Jacques Lacarrière, writer, critic, journalist, and essayist.
24 September – André Testut, motor racing driver.

October to December

5 October – Alexis Tendil, World War I veteran.
17 October – Jean Lescure, poet.
25 October – Arman, artist.
27 October
*Jean-Claude Irvoas, murder victim.
28 October – Raymond Hains, artist and photographer.
7 November – Jean-Jacques Le Chenadec, urban violence victim.
9 November
*Jean Catoire, composer.
*Marceau Somerlinck, soccer player.
November – Dominique Chaboche, politician and MEP.
4 December – Gloria Lasso, singer.
17 December – Jacques Fouroux, international rugby union player, coach.

Full date unknown

Ernestine Chassebœuf, letter writer.