2001 in France
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Events from the year 2001 in France.
Contents
Incumbents
Events
- March – The Renault Vel Satis is launched at the Geneva Motor Show.
- 8 March – Cantonales Elections held.
- 11 March – Cantonales Elections held.
- 11 March – Municipal Elections held.
- 18 March – Municipal Elections held.
- April – PSA Peugeot Citroën replaces two of its longest running cars – the Citroën Xantia and Peugeot 306 – with the Citroën C5 and Peugeot 307 respectively.[1]
- September – Citroën launches the all-new C3 hatchback at the Frankfurt Motor Show as a replacement for the outdated Saxo.
- 21 September – The AZote Fertilisant chemical factory in Toulouse, explodes, killing 29 and seriously wounding over 2500.
- November – The Peugeot 307 is voted European Car of the Year.[2]
Sport
- 15 April – Paris–Roubaix cycle race won by Servais Knaven of the Netherlands.
- 1 July – French Grand Prix won by Michael Schumacher of Germany.
- 7 July – Tour de France begins.
- 29 July – Tour de France ends, won by Lance Armstrong of the United States.
Births
- 5 April – Thylane Blondeau, model and the daughter of soccer player Patrick Blondeau
Deaths
January to March
- 10 January – Jacques Marin, actor (born 1919).
- 21 January – Jean-Marie Goasmat, cyclist (born 1913).
- 30 January – Jean-Pierre Aumont, actor (born 1911).
- 8 February – Raymond Polin, philosopher (born 1910).
- 18 February – Balthus, artist (born 1908).
- 19 February – Charles Trenet, singer and songwriter (born 1913).
- 4 March – Jean René Bazaine, painter, stained glass window designer and writer (born 1904).
April to June
- 10 April – Jean-Gabriel Albicocco, film director (born 1936).
- 19 April – André du Bouchet, poet (born 1924).
- 20 April – Maurice Lauré, creator of taxe sur la valeur ajoutée (TVA) (born 1917).
- 6 May – René Bondoux, fencer (born 1905)
- 14 May – Paul Bénichou, writer, critic and literary historian (born 1908).
- 15 May – Jean-Philippe Lauer, architect and Egyptologist (born 1902).
- 15 May – Sacha Vierny, cinematographer (born 1919).
- 17 May – Jacques-Louis Lions, mathematician (born 1928).
- 6 June – Marie Brémont, supercentenarian, the oldest recognized person in the world from November 2000 until her death (born 1886).
- 11 June – Pierre Eyt, Cardinal (born 1934).
- 13 June – Louis de Maigret, Military officer (born 1914).
- 15 June – Henri Alekan, cinematographer (born 1909).
- 18 June – René Dumont, agronomist, sociologist and environmental politician (born 1904).
- 23 June – Corinne Calvet, actress (born 1925).
July to September
- July – Hélène de Beauvoir, painter (born 1910).
- 3 August – Jeanne Loriod, musician (born 1928).
- 4 August – Michel de Salzmann, psychiatrist (born 1923).
- 12 August – Pierre Klossowski, writer, translator and artist (born 1905).
- 15 August – Raymond Abescat, oldest man in France and oldest veteran in France at the time of his death (born 1891).
- 25 August – Philippe Léotard, actor and singer (born 1940).
- 4 September – Simone de la Chaume, golfer (born 1908).
October to December
- 18 October – Micheline Ostermeyer, athlete and pianist (born 1922).
- 31 October – Régine Cavagnoud, alpine skier (born 1970).
- 11 November – Pierre Billaud, radio reporter and journalist, killed in Afghanistan (born 1970).
- 12 December – Jean Richard, actor (born 1921).
- 18 December – Gilbert Bécaud, singer, composer and actor (born 1927).
- 19 December – Marcel Mule, classical saxophonist (born 1901).
Full date unknown
- Édouard Artigas, fencer (born 1915).
- Marcel Bleibtreu, Trotskyist activist and theorist (born 1918).
- Pierre Chevalier, caver and mountaineer (born 1905).
- André Pascal, song-writer and composer (born 1932).
