2016 in France

1 January –
- 9 regions of France are suppressed, from 27 to 18.
- Creation of the Métropole du Grand Paris.
- Inauguration of the Université Grenoble Alpes.
27 January – Jean-Jacques Urvoas is appointed to be Minister of Justice.
11 February – Former Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault is appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development.
26 February – 41st César Awards.
8 March – Laurent Fabius takes over as President of the Constitutional Council; Michel Pinault and Corinne Luquiens enter as simple members.
31 March – Nuit debout begins at the Place de la République, Paris.
6 April – En Marche!, a liberal centrist political party, is founded by Emmanuel Macron in Amiens.
20 May – Introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes and tobacco products.
11 May – Beginning of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
10 June – Opening of the UEFA Euro 2016 in 10 French cities.
26 June – Referendum in the Loire-Atlantique department about the Aéroport du Grand Ouest; 55% of the voters accept the project.
3 July – Opening of the LGV Est.
13 July - In Magnanville, a police officer and his wife are fatally stabbed as they are leaving for home after work.^[1]
14 July – During Nice's Bastille Day celebrations a 19-ton van crashes into crowds, killing at least 84 people and injuring almost 200.^[2]
24 July – The 2016 Tour de France ends in Paris.
26 July – A priest and other churchgoers are taken hostage by two knife-wielding attackers in the town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray before the police killed them. The archbishop of Rouen identifies the assassinated priest as 84-year-old Jacques Hamel.^[3]
5 August - 177 athletes from France begin to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
5 August - The Braderie de Lille is cancelled due to terrorist threats.
6 August – Thirteen people are killed in a fire in Rouen.
8 August – The El Khomri law is signed by President Hollande.
12 August – The mayor of Cannes bans the Islamic Burkini the swimsuits, citing a possible link to Islamic extremism.^[4] At least 20 other French towns, including Nice, subsequently joined the ban.^[5]^[6]
30 August – Emmanuel Macron resigns from his position as Minister of the Economy.
23 August – Laurent Wauquiez becomes president of The Republicans party ad interim.
4 September – Notre Dame Cathedral bombing attempt.
9 September – Opening of the fête de l'Humanité (3 days).
1 October – Beginning of the 2016 Paris Motor Show.
7 November – Yannick Jadot wins the Europe Ecology – The Greens primary and becomes the party's candidate for the 2017 French presidential election.
13 November – A thousands of French people marks the first anniversary of last year attacks in Paris since World War II.
27 November – Former Prime Minister François Fillon wins the right-wing primary for the 2017 French presidential election.
1 December – President François Hollande announces he will not seek reelection in April 2017.
6 December – Bernard Cazeneuve is appointed to be prime minister.
19 December – The Law Court of the Republic founds IMF managing director Christine Lagarde guilty of negligence during her time as Minister of Finance.

January

1 January – Jacques Deny, mathematician (b. 1916)
2 January – Michel Delpech, singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1946)
4 January
- André Turcat, aviator (b. 1921)
- Michel Galabru, actor (b. 1922)
5 January
- Tancrède Melet, tightrope walker (b. 1983)
- Pierre Boulez, composer, conductor and writer (b. 1925)
6 January – Yves Vincent, actor (b. 1921)
7 January – André Courrèges, fashion designer (b. 1923)
15 January – Robert Darène, film director and actor (b. 1914)
18 January
- Michel Tournier, writer (b. 1924)
- Leila Alaoui, artist and photographer (b. 1982)
20 January – Edmonde Charles-Roux, writer (b. 1920)
21 January – Robert Sassone, road racing cyclist (b. 1978)
23 January – Bernard Quennehen, road racing cyclist (b. 1930)
28 January – Emile Destombes, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1935)
29 January – Jacques Rivette, film director and film critic (b. 1928)
31 January – Benoît Violier, chef (b. 1971)

February

1 February – Bernard Piras, politician (b. 1942)
7 February – Juliette Benzoni, writer (b. 1920)
8 February – Violette Verdy, ballerina (b. 1933)
17 February – Claude Jeancolas, author (b. 1949)

March

1 March – Jean Miotte, abstract painter (b. 1926)
1 March – Carole Achache, writer, photographer and actress (b. 1952)^[7]

April

1 April – André Villers, photographer (b. 1930)
15 April – Anne Grommerch, politician (b. 1970)

May

1 May – Jean-Marie Girault, politician (b. 1926)
5 May – Siné, political cartoonist (b. 1928)

July

1 July – Yves Bonnefoy, poet (b. 1923)
2 July – Michel Rocard, former Prime Minister (b. 1930)

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Deaths

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April

May

July

See also

References

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