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See also: 2005 in France, other events of 2006, 2007 in France.

Events from the year 2006 in France.

Incumbents

Events

9 March - Sablé-sur-Sarthe hostage crisis: A former teacher takes 23 hostages including 21 students.¹
April - France formally charges six defendants of the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp.²
July - France begins the trial against six defendants of the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp.²
11 October - A train crash at Zoufftgen kills six people.³
16 November - Franco–Italian–Spanish Middle East Peace Plan is announced.

Arts and Literature

Sport

10 February–26 February - France at the 2006 Winter Olympics: France wins 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 4 Bronze medals at the Winter Olympics in Turin in Italy.⁴
10 March–19 March - France at the 2006 Winter Paralympics: France wins 7 Gold, 2 Silver and 6 Bronze medals at the Winter Paralympics in Turin.
1 July - Tour de France begins.
9 July - Italy wins the 2006 FIFA World Cup by beating France 5-3 on penalties. The score after extra time is 1-1.
23 July - Tour de France ends, won by Óscar Pereiro of Spain.

Births

Deaths

January

27 January - Jean-Christophe Lafaille, mountaineer (b.1965).

February

9 February - André Strappe, international soccer player (b.1928).
12 February - Henri Guédon, percussionist (b.1944).
13 February - Ilan Halimi, kidnap and murder victim (b. c1982).
14 February - Darry Cowl, musician and actor (b.1925).

March

9 March - Jean Leymarie, art historian (b.1919).
10 March - Jean Hermil, Roman Catholic bishop of Viviers (b.1917).
22 March - Pierre Clostermann, flying ace, author, engineer and politician (b.1921).
March - Jean Desclaux, rugby union coach (b.1922).

April

5 April - Alain de Boissieu, Army chief-of-staff (b.1914).
17 April - Jean Bernard, physician and haematologist (b.1907).
25 April - Roger Duchêne, biographer (b.1930).
30 April - Jean-François Revel, politician, journalist, author and philosopher (b.1924).

May

1 May - Jean-Pierre Hubert, author (b.1941).
9 May - Edouard Jaguer, poet and art critic (b.1924).
23 May - Philippe Amaury, publishing tycoon and entrepreneur (b.1940).
24 May - Claude Piéplu, actor (b.1923).
26 May - Édouard Michelin, businessman (b.1963).
26 May - Raymond Triboulet, resistance fighter and politician (b.1906).
27 May - Michael Riffaterre, literary critic and theorist (b.1924).
29 May - Johnny Servoz-Gavin, motor racing driver (b.1942).

June

5 June - André Mandouze, academic and journalist (b.1916).
6 June - Léon Weil, World War I veteran (b.1896).
11 June - Rolande Falcinelli, organist, pianist and composer (b.1920).
15 June - Raymond Devos, humorist, comedian and clown (b.1922).
19 June - René Renou, wine expert (b.1952).
20 June - Raymond Daudel, theoretical and quantum chemist (b.1920).
21 June - Jacques Lanzmann, writer, scriptwriter and lyric writer (b.1927).

July

3 July - Francis Cammaerts, Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent (b.1916).
8 July - Catherine Leroy, photojournalist and photographer (b.1945).
20 July - Charles Bettelheim, economist and historian (b.1913).
20 July - Gérard Oury, actor, writer and producer (b.1919).
29 July - Pierre Vidal-Naquet, historian (b.1930).

August

2 August - Maurice Kriegel-Valrimont, militant communist, resistance fighter and politician (b.1914).
10 August - Olivier Lecerf, businessman and racehorse owner (b. c1928).
17 August - Bernard Rapp, film director and television news presenter (b.1945).
26 August - François Lamoureux, European civil servant (b.1946).
26 August - Marie-Dominique Philippe, Dominican philosopher and theologian (b.1912).

September

3 September - Françoise Claustre, archaeologist, (b.1937).
9 September - Gérard Brach, film director and screen writer (b.1927).
11 September - Solange Fernex, pacifist activist and politician (b.1934).
20 September - Henri Jayer, vintner (b.1922).
30 September - André Schwarz-Bart, novelist (b.1928).

October

6 October - Claude Luter, jazz clarinetist (b.1923).
9 October - Coccinelle, transsexual actress and entertainer (b.1931).
9 October - Danièle Huillet, filmmaker (b.1936).
12 October - Eugène Martin, motor racing driver (b.1915).
17 October - Daniel Emilfork, actor (b.1924).
28 October - Tina Aumont, actress (b.1946).

November

2 November - Adrien Douady, mathematician (b.1935).
3 November - Paul Mauriat, musical director (b.1925).
7 November - Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, journalist and politician (b.1924).
10 November - Maurice Floquet, France's oldest man on record (b.1894).
11 November - Anicée Alvina, singer and actress (b.1953).
12 November - Alphonse Halimi, boxer (b.1932).
14 November - Gustave Choquet, mathematician (b.1915).
14 November - Bertrand Poirot-Delpech, journalist, essayist and novelist (b.1929).
23 November - Philippe Noiret, actor (b.1930).

December

1 December - Claude Jade, actress (b.1948).
27 December - Pierre Delanoë, songwriter/lyricist (b.1918).

Full date unknown

Janine Chasseguet-Smirgel, psychoanalyst (b.1928).

References

^ "Ex-teacher seizes French students", BBC News Online
^ ^a ^b France judge postpones terrorism verdict for former Guantanamo detainees
^ "Luxembourg takes rail crash blame", BBC News (2006-10-15). Retrieved on 16 October 2006.
^ Official site for the 2006 France Olympic Team (French)

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