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
Ongoing
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