2011 in France

← 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2011 in France → 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Decades:	1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
See also:	Other events in 2011 History of France · Timeline · Years

The events from the year 2011 in France are mentioned below:

• President: Nicolas Sarkozy
• Prime Minister: François Fillon

• 30 January – France win the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship after defeating Denmark.

• 20 March and 27 March – 2011 French cantonal elections

• June – International Institute of Nuclear Energy is officially inaugurated.^[1]

• 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.

The penetration rate of the mobile phone in French Republic is from around 96-97% to 100-101%.^[2]

• 19 October – Giulia Sarkozy, daughter of Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (November 2011)

• 17 January – Jean Dutourd, novelist (born 1920)
• 3 February
  • Maria Schneider, actress (born 1952)
  • Édouard Glissant, writer, poet and literary critic (born 1928)
• 6 February – Andrée Chedid, Egyptian-born poet and novelist (born 1920)
• 15 February – François Nourissier, journalist and writer (born 1927)
• 23 February – Jean Lartéguy, writer, journalist, and former soldier (born 1920)
• 28 February – Annie Girardot, actress (born 1931)
• 25 March – Jean Royer, politician, former Minister, and former Mayor of Tours (born 1920)
• 24 April – Marie-France Pisier, Indochinese-born actress (born 1944)
• 22 November – Danielle Mitterrand, activist and widow of François Mitterrand (born 1924)
• 25 December – Christophe Laigneau, footballer (Stade Lavallois) (born 1965)

Media related to 2011 in France at Wikimedia Commons