2016 in France
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Events from the year 2016 in France.
Incumbents
- President – François Hollande (Socialist)
- Prime Minister – Manuel Valls (Socialist, until 6 December), Bernard Cazeneuve (Socialist, starting 6 December)
Events
- 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.
- 13 June – Magnanville stabbing.
- 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.
- 14 July – Terrorist attack in Nice.
- 24 July – The 2016 Tour de France ends in Paris.
- 26 July – 2016 Normandy church attack.
- 5 August –
- 177 athletes from France begin to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 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.
- 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.
General
The penetration rate of the mobile phone in French Republic is around 108-109%.[1]
Deaths
- January 1 – Jacques Deny, mathematician (b. 1916)
- January 2 – Michel Delpech, singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1946)
- January 4
- André Turcat, aviator (b. 1921)
- Michel Galabru, actor (b. 1922)
- January 5
- Tancrède Melet, tightrope walker (b. 1983)
- Pierre Boulez, composer, conductor and writer (b. 1925)
- January 6 – Yves Vincent, actor (b. 1921)
- January 7 – André Courrèges, fashion designer (b. 1923)
- January 15 – Robert Darène, film director and actor (b. 1914)
- January 18
- Michel Tournier, writer (b. 1924)
- Leila Alaoui, artist and photographer (b. 1982)
- January 20 – Edmonde Charles-Roux, writer (b. 1920)
- January 21 – Robert Sassone, road racing cyclist (b. 1978)
- January 23 – Bernard Quennehen, road racing cyclist (b. 1930)
- January 28 – Emile Destombes, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1935)
- January 29 – Jacques Rivette, film director and film critic (b. 1928)
- January 31 – Benoît Violier, chef (b. 1971)
- February 1 – Bernard Piras, politician (b. 1942)
- February 7 – Juliette Benzoni, writer (b. 1920)
- February 8 – Violette Verdy, ballerina (b. 1933)
- February 17 – Claude Jeancolas, author (b. 1949)
- March 1 – Jean Miotte, abstract painter (b. 1926)
- April 1 – André Villers, photographer (b. 1930)
- April 15 – Anne Grommerch, politician (b. 1970)
- July 1 – Yves Bonnefoy, poet (b. 1923)
- July 2 – Michel Rocard, former Prime Minister (b. 1930)
See also
References
- ^ https://www.arcep.fr/index.php?id=13858#c96953 Archived 2018-08-27 at the Wayback Machine A. I Taux de pénétration mobile en France