2011 in France

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

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