2010 in France

Years in France:	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Centuries:	20th century · 21st century · 22nd century
Decades:	1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s
Years:	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

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Incumbents

President – Nicolas Sarkozy
Prime Minister – François Fillon^[1]

Events

January

10 January – Referendum in Martinique and French Guiana.^[2]

February

12 to 28 February – During Olympic Games in Vancouver, French team win 11 medals :
Gold medals
Vincent Jay
Jason Lamy-Chappuis

Silver medals
Déborah Anthonioz
Martin Fourcade
biathlon women team (Marie-Laure Brunet, Sylvie Becaert, Marie Dorin and Sandrine Bailly)

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.

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.

October

7 October – the first of several strikes, involving workers in both the public and private sectors, and which will continue into October.

November

4 – 13 November 13 – Fencing World Championship in Paris

Births

28 May – Louis, Duke of Burgundy (born 2010) – elder son of Prince Louis, Duke of Anjou

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 2010

7 January – Philippe Séguin – politician (born 1943)
10 January – Mano Solo – singer (born 1963)
11 January – Éric Rohmer – film director (born 1920)
23 January – Roger Pierre – actor (born 1923)
31 January – Pierre Vaneck – actor (born 1931)
3 February – Georges Wilson – actor and theater director (born 1921)
6 March – Roger Gicquel – television newsreader (born 1933)
7 March – Patrick Topaloff – singer and actor (born 1944)
8 March – Guy Lapébie – cyclist (born 1916)
13 March – Jean Ferrat – singer (born 1930)
11 April – Jean Boiteux, swimmer (born 1933).
31 August – Laurent Fignon, cyclist (born 1960)
12 September – Claude Chabrol, French film director (born 1930)
27 December – Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, actor (born 1949)

References

Years in France

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2010 in Europe

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey

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