2001 in France

none August 2022 2001 The following lists events from the year 2001 in France. Incumbents President: Jacques Chirac Prime Minister: Lionel Jospin Events March – The Renault Vel Satis is launched at the Geneva Motor Show. 8 March – Cantonales Elections are held. 11 March – Cantonales Elections are held. 11 March – Municipal Elections are held. 18 March – Municipal Elections are held. April – PSA Peugeot Citroën replaces two of its longest running cars – the Citroën Xantia and Peugeot 306 – with the Citroën C5 and Peugeot 307 respectively.http://peugeot.mainspot.net/peugpete/psa-pc-2.shtml Peugeot Fans Club – PSA Peugeot-Citroen 1976-2001 15 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101224180954/http://peugeot.mainspot.net/peugpete/psa-pc-2.shtml 24 December 2010 dead September – Citroën launches the all-new C3 hatchback at the Frankfurt Motor Show as a replacement for the outdated Saxo. 15 September – Santé Diabète organization is created in Grenoble.https://jo-association.info/v2/38100/20010037-ASSOCIATION-APPUI-AU-DEVELOPPEMENT-SANTE-DIABETE-MALI-S-D-M.php Association association appui au developpement - sante - diabete - mali (s d m ) 17, avenue malherbe, 38100 grenoble. jo-association.info 21 September – The AZote Fertilisant chemical factory in Toulouse, explodes, killing 29 and seriously wounding over 2500. November – The Peugeot 307 is voted European Car of the Year.http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/peugeot/307-2001/?section=good Peugeot 307 (2001 – 2007) Sport 15 April – Paris–Roubaix cycle race won by Servais Knaven of the Netherlands. 1 July – French Grand Prix won by Michael Schumacher of Germany. 7 July – Tour de France begins. 29 July – Tour de France ends, won by Lance Armstrong of the United States. Births 26 January – Kenza Fortas, actress 24 March – William Saliba, footballer 26 March – Khéphren Thuram, footballer 5 April – Thylane Blondeau, model and the daughter of soccer player Patrick Blondeau 10 April – Lisa Barbelin, archer 17 May – Manu Koné, footballer 5 September – Janelle Salaün, basketball player 6 November – Lucas Chevalier, footballer 23 November – Tess Ledeux, freestyle skier 12 December – Michael Olise, footballer Deaths January to March 1 January - Madeleine Barbulée, actress (b. 1910). 10 January – Jacques Marin, actor (b. 1919). 30 January Jean-Pierre Aumont, actor (b. 1911). Michel Marcel Navratil, last French survivor and male survivor of the Titanic disaster (b. 1908)February 2, 2001 Last male survivor of Titanic dies BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1150329.stm 2022-11-20 5 February – Louise Moreau, politician (b. 1921) 8 February – Raymond Polin, philosopher (b. 1910). 18 February – Balthus, artist (b. 1908). 19 February – Charles Trenet, singer and songwriter (b. 1913). Édouard Artigas, fencer (b. 1915). 4 March – Jean René Bazaine, painter, stained glass window designer and writer (b. 1904). April to June 10 April – Jean-Gabriel Albicocco, film director (b. 1936). 19 April – André du Bouchet, poet (b. 1924). 20 April – Maurice Lauré, creator of taxe sur la valeur ajoutée (TVA) (b. 1917). 26 April – André Pascal, songwriter and composer (b. 1932). 6 May – René Bondoux, fencer (b. 1905) 14 May – Paul Bénichou, writer, critic and literary historian (b. 1908). 15 May Jean-Philippe Lauer, architect and Egyptologist (b. 1902). Sacha Vierny, cinematographer (b. 1919). 17 May – Jacques-Louis Lions, mathematician (b. 1928). 6 June – Marie Brémont, supercentenarian, the oldest recognized person in the world from November 2000 until her death (b. 1886). 8 June – Lucien Lauk, racing cyclist (b. 1911) 11 June – Pierre Eyt, cardinal (b. 1934). 15 June – Henri Alekan, cinematographer (b. 1909). 18 June – René Dumont, agronomist, sociologist and environmental politician (b. 1904). 23 June – Corinne Calvet, actress (b. 1925). July to September 1 July – Hélène de Beauvoir, painter (b. 1910). 3 August – Jeanne Loriod, musician (b. 1928). 4 August – Michel de Salzmann, psychiatrist (b. 1923). 12 August – Pierre Klossowski, writer, translator and artist (b. 1905). 15 August – Raymond Abescat, oldest man in France and oldest veteran in France at the time of his death (b. 1891). 25 August – Philippe Léotard, actor and singer (b. 1940). 4 September – Simone de la Chaume, golfer (b. 1908). October to December 18 October – Micheline Ostermeyer, athlete and pianist (b. 1922). 31 October – Régine Cavagnoud, alpine skier (b. 1970). 11 November – Pierre Billaud, radio reporter and journalist, killed in Afghanistan (b. 1970). Pierre Chevalier, caver and mountaineer (b. 1905). 12 December – Jean Richard, actor (b. 1921). 14 December – André Tollet, chairman of the Paris liberation committee (b. 1913). 18 December – Gilbert Bécaud, singer, composer and actor (b. 1927). 19 December – Marcel Mule, classical saxophonist (b. 1901). 25 December – Marcel Bleibtreu, Trotskyist activist and theorist (b. 1918). See also 2001 in French television List of French films of 2001 References 2001 France France Category:2000s in France Category:Years of the 21st century in France