2008 in France

This article lists events from the year 2008 in France.

Incumbents

1 January – Smoking banned in all public places in France.
2 February – Wedding of Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni.
9 and 16 March – Cantonal elections held.
12 March – Lazare Ponticelli, the country's last surviving First World War veteran, dies aged 110 – eight months before the 90th anniversary of the Armistice.
April – The Citroën C5 sedan is launched, whilst the station wagon was launched in May.
1 April – 2008 French mistaken virginity case
1 July – France assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
2 July – Íngrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages are rescued from FARC by Colombian security forces.
13 July – First meeting of Mediterranean Union, in Paris
10 September – Activation of Large Hadron Collider, localized between France and Switzerland
4 October – 50th Anniversary of the French Constitution of 1958 .
27 November – XL Airways Germany Flight 888T crashed on a Mediterranean Sea, near Canet-en-Roussillon around Perpignan, killed seven people.
October : Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier – the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
December: – First album of the series Je n'aime pas le classique, mais ça j'aime bien! was released
Undated
*Black music, des chaînes de fer aux chaînes d'or documentary film is released.
*Yeallow, French indie rock band from Strasbourg is formed.

3 January – Henri Chopin, avant-garde poet and musician.
5 January – Raymond Forni, Socialist politician.
5 January – Louis Hon, soccer player.
7 January – Maryvonne Dupureur, Olympic athlete.
7 January – Marcel Mouly, artist.
7 January – Jean-Claude Vrinat, restaurateur.
12 January – Louis Alexandre Raimon, hair stylist.
16 January – Raymond Cambefort, one of the last three fully verified World War I veterans living in France.
16 January – Pierre Lambert, Trotskyist leader.
17 January – Carlos, singer, entertainer and actor.
17 January – Madeleine Milhaud, actress.
20 January – Louis de Cazenave, at the time of his death, the oldest French poilu still alive.
29 January – Philippe Khorsand, actor.