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2011 in France
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2011
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.http://www.cea.fr/le_cea/actualites/inauguration_i2en-58069 CEA - Le CEA - Actualités - inauguration I2EN fr Cea.fr 2011-06-27 2013-10-06
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%.https://www.arcep.fr/index.php?id=13098 https://web.archive.org/web/20170730213358/https://www.arcep.fr/index.php?id=13098 2017-07-30 A. I Taux de pénétration mobile en France
Ongoing
Births
19 October – Giulia Sarkozy, daughter of Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni
Deaths
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)
13 September – DJ Mehdi, hip hop and house producer (born 1977)
15 September – Georges Fillioud, politician (born 1929)
16 September – Jean Leclant, archaeologist and Egyptologist (born 1920)
17 September – Roger Agache, archaeologist (born 1926)
19 September – Bernard Collomb, racing driver (born 1930)
21 September – Paulette Dubost, actress (born 1910)
22 September – Danielle Mitterrand, activist and widow of François Mitterrand (born 1924)
27 September – Cizia Zykë, writer and adventurer (born 1949)
25 December – Christophe Laigneau, footballer (Stade Lavallois) (born 1965)
References
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