2006 in France

See also: 2005 in France, other events of 2006, 2007 in France.

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Events from the year 2006 in France.

Incumbents

• President - Jacques Chirac
• Prime Minister - Dominique de Villepin
• Interior Minister - Nicolas Sarkozy
• Finance Minister -
• Foreign Minister -

Events

• 9 March - Sablé-sur-Sarthe hostage crisis: A former teacher takes 23 hostages including 21 students.
• April - France formally charges six defendants of the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp.
• July - France begins the trial against six defendants of the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp.
• 11 October - A train crash at Zoufftgen kills six people.
• 16 November - Franco–Italian–Spanish Middle East Peace Plan is announced.

Sport

• 10 February–26 February - France at the 2006 Winter Olympics: France wins 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 4 Bronze medals at the Winter Olympics in Turin in Italy.
• 10 March–19 March - France at the 2006 Winter Paralympics: France wins 7 Gold, 2 Silver and 6 Bronze medals at the Winter Paralympics in Turin.
• 1 July - Tour de France begins.
• 9 July - Italy wins the 2006 FIFA World Cup by beating France 5-3 on penalties. The score after extra time is 1-1.
• 23 July - Tour de France ends, won by Óscar Pereiro of Spain.

Deaths

January

• 27 January - Jean-Christophe Lafaille, mountaineer (b.1965).

February

• 9 February - André Strappe, international soccer player (b.1928).
• 12 February - Henri Guédon, percussionist (b.1944).
• 13 February - Ilan Halimi, kidnap and murder victim (b. c1982).
• 14 February - Darry Cowl, musician and actor (b.1925).

March

• 9 March - Jean Leymarie, art historian (b.1919).
• 10 March - Jean Hermil, Roman Catholic bishop of Viviers (b.1917).
• 22 March - Pierre Clostermann, flying ace, author, engineer and politician (b.1921).
• March - Jean Desclaux, rugby union coach (b.1922).

April

• 5 April - Alain de Boissieu, Army chief-of-staff (b.1914).
• 17 April - Jean Bernard, physician and haematologist (b.1907).
• 25 April - Roger Duchêne, biographer (b.1930).
• 30 April - Jean-François Revel, politician, journalist, author and philosopher (b.1924).

May

• 1 May - Jean-Pierre Hubert, author (b.1941).
• 9 May - Edouard Jaguer, poet and art critic (b.1924).
• 23 May - Philippe Amaury, publishing tycoon and entrepreneur (b.1940).
• 24 May - Claude Piéplu, actor (b.1923).
• 26 May - Édouard Michelin, businessman (b.1963).
• 26 May - Raymond Triboulet, resistance fighter and politician (b.1906).
• 27 May - Michael Riffaterre, literary critic and theorist (b.1924).
• 29 May - Johnny Servoz-Gavin, motor racing driver (b.1942).

June

• 5 June - André Mandouze, academic and journalist (b.1916).
• 6 June - Léon Weil, World War I veteran (b.1896).
• 11 June - Rolande Falcinelli, organist, pianist and composer (b.1920).
• 15 June - Raymond Devos, humorist, comedian and clown (b.1922).
• 19 June - René Renou, wine expert (b.1952).
• 20 June - Raymond Daudel, theoretical and quantum chemist (b.1920).
• 21 June - Jacques Lanzmann, writer, scriptwriter and lyric writer (b.1927).

July

• 3 July - Francis Cammaerts, Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent (b.1916).
• 8 July - Catherine Leroy, photojournalist and photographer (b.1945).
• 20 July - Charles Bettelheim, economist and historian (b.1913).
• 20 July - Gérard Oury, actor, writer and producer (b.1919).
• 29 July - Pierre Vidal-Naquet, historian (b.1930).

August

• 2 August - Maurice Kriegel-Valrimont, militant communist, resistance fighter and politician (b.1914).
• 10 August - Olivier Lecerf, businessman and racehorse owner (b. c1928).
• 17 August - Bernard Rapp, film director and television news presenter (b.1945).
• 26 August - François Lamoureux, European civil servant (b.1946).
• 26 August - Marie-Dominique Philippe, Dominican philosopher and theologian (b.1912).

September

• 3 September - Françoise Claustre, archaeologist, (b.1937).
• 9 September - Gérard Brach, film director and screen writer (b.1927).
• 11 September - Solange Fernex, pacifist activist and politician (b.1934).
• 20 September - Henri Jayer, vintner (b.1922).
• 30 September - André Schwarz-Bart, novelist (b.1928).

October

• 6 October - Claude Luter, jazz clarinetist (b.1923).
• 9 October - Coccinelle, transsexual actress and entertainer (b.1931).
• 9 October - Danièle Huillet, filmmaker (b.1936).
• 12 October - Eugène Martin, motor racing driver (b.1915).
• 17 October - Daniel Emilfork, actor (b.1924).
• 28 October - Tina Aumont, actress (b.1946).

November

• 2 November - Adrien Douady, mathematician (b.1935).
• 3 November - Paul Mauriat, musical director (b.1925).
• 7 November - Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, journalist and politician (b.1924).
• 10 November - Maurice Floquet, France's oldest man on record (b.1894).
• 11 November - Anicée Alvina, singer and actress (b.1953).
• 12 November - Alphonse Halimi, boxer (b.1932).
• 14 November - Gustave Choquet, mathematician (b.1915).
• 14 November - Bertrand Poirot-Delpech, journalist, essayist and novelist (b.1929).
• 23 November - Philippe Noiret, actor (b.1930).

December

• 1 December - Claude Jade, actress (b.1948).
• 27 December - Pierre Delanoë, songwriter/lyricist (b.1918).

Full date unknown

• Janine Chasseguet-Smirgel, psychoanalyst (b.1928).