2011 in France
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This article lists events from the year 2011 in France.
Incumbents
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
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.
General
The penetration rate of the mobile phone in French Republic is from around 96-97% to 100-101%.[1]
Ongoing
Births
- 19 October – Giulia Sarkozy, daughter of Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni
Deaths
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- 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)
- 22 November – Danielle Mitterrand, activist and widow of François Mitterrand (born 1924)
- 25 December – Christophe Laigneau, footballer (Stade Lavallois) (born 1965)
References
- ^ https://www.arcep.fr/index.php?id=13098 A. I Taux de pénétration mobile en France
Links
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