1957 in France

Incumbents

• President: Rene Coty
• President of the Council of Ministers:
• * until 13 June: Guy Mollet
• * 13 June-6 November: Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury
• * starting 6 November: Félix Gaillard

  Events

• 4 February - France prohibits United Nation involvement in Algeria.
• 1 March - Sud Aviation forms from a merger between SNCASE and SNCASO.
• 20 March - Newspaper L'Express reveals that the French army tortures Algerian prisoners.
• 25 March - Treaty of Rome, signed by France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg), establishes the European Economic Community.
• 26 May - Algerian politician killed by Algerian nationalists during soccer game
• First American writers of the Beat Generation stay at the "Beat Hotel" in Paris.

  Sport

• 27 June - Tour de France begins.
• 20 July - Tour de France ends, won by Jacques Anquetil.

  Births

• 4 January - Joël Bats, international soccer player and coach
• 11 January - Alain Lemercier, racewalker
• 13 January - Bruno Baronchelli, soccer player
• 12 March - Patrick Battiston, international soccer player
• 3 April - Yves Chaland, cartoonist
• 25 May - Véronique Augereau, actress
• 18 August - Carole Bouquet, actress
• 12 October - Rémi Laurent, actor
• 3 December - Valérie Quennessen, actress

  Deaths

• 23 October - Christian Dior, fashion designer.
• 4 November - Joseph Canteloube, composer.
• 6 December - Robert Esnault-Pelterie, pioneering aircraft designer.