2010 in France

Incumbents

• President – Nicolas Sarkozy
• Prime Minister – François Fillon

  Events

January

• 10 January – Referendum in Martinique and French Guiana.

  February

• 12 to 28 February – During Olympic Games in Vancouver, the French team wins 11 medals:
• *Gold medals
• **Vincent Jay
• **Jason Lamy-Chappuis
• *Silver medals
• **Déborah Anthonioz
• **Martin Fourcade
• **biathlon women team
• *Bronze medals
• **Marie Dorin
• **Tony Ramoin
• **Marie-Laure Brunet
• **Vincent Jay
• **Marion Josserand
• **Mathieu Bozzetto
• 28 February – The storm Xynthia kills at least 51 people, with 12 more said to be missing.

  March

• 14 to 21 March – Regionales elections.
• 12 to 21 March: In the 2010 Winter Paralympics France wins 6 medals.

  April

May

June

• 6 June – The 2010 French Open tennis tournament concludes at Stade Roland Garros, with Rafael Nadal winning the Men's Singles and Francesca Schiavone the Women's.

  July

• 9 July – Carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen finalises a venture with Chinese carmaker Changan Automotive, which will see Peugeot and Citroen both buildings cars in China in the near future.
• Tour de France

  August

• 25 August – The new Renault Latitude is launched at the 2010 Moscow International Motor Show and is due on sale later this year for other markets. The European-spec Latitude will be launched at the 2010 Paris Motor Show.

  September

• 7 September – The first of the 2010 French pension reform strikes takes place. The strikes, involving workers in both the public and private sectors, continue into October.

  October

November

• 1 November My Chemical Romance On Tour Cigale
• 4 – 13 November 13 – Fencing World Championship in Paris

  December

Births

• 28 May – Louis, Duke of Burgundy – elder son of Prince Louis, Duke of Anjou
• 2 June Princess Ruby Girl

  Deaths

• 7 January – Philippe Séguin – politician
• 10 January – Mano Solo – singer
• 11 January – Éric Rohmer – film director
• 23 January – Roger Pierre – actor
• 31 January – Pierre Vaneck – actor
• 3 February – Georges Wilson – actor and theater director
• 6 March – Roger Gicquel – television newsreader
• 7 March – Patrick Topaloff – singer and actor
• 8 March – Guy Lapébie – cyclist
• 13 March – Jean Ferrat – singer
• 11 April – Jean Boiteux, swimmer.
• 31 August – Laurent Fignon, cyclist
• 12 September – Claude Chabrol, French film director
• 27 December – Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, actor

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