2011 in France
The events from the year 2011 in France are mentioned below:
Incumbents
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%.Births
- 19 October - Giulia Sarkozy, daughter of Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni
Deaths
- 17 January - Jean Dutourd, novelist
- 3 February
- *Maria Schneider, actress
- *Édouard Glissant, writer, poet and literary critic
- 6 February - Andrée Chedid, Egyptian-born poet and novelist
- 15 February - François Nourissier, journalist and writer
- 23 February - Jean Lartéguy, writer, journalist, and former soldier
- 28 February - Annie Girardot, actress
- 25 March - Jean Royer, politician, former Minister, and former Mayor of Tours
- 24 April - Marie-France Pisier, Indochinese-born actress
- 22 November - Danielle Mitterrand, activist and widow of François Mitterrand
- 25 December - Christophe Laigneau, footballer