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2001 in France

See also: 2000 in France, other events of 2001, 2002 in France.

Events from the year 2001 in France.

Events

• 8 March - Cantonales Elections held.
• 11 March - Cantonales Elections held.
• 11 March - Municipal Elections held.
• 18 March - Municipal Elections held.

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

Deaths

• 30 January - Jean-Pierre Aumont, actor (b.1911).
• 18 February - Balthus, artist (b.1908).
• 19 February - Charles Trenet, singer and songwriter (b.1913).
• 14 May - Paul Bénichou, writer, critic and literary historian (b.1908).
• 6 June - Marie Brémont, supercentenarian, the oldest recognized person in the world from November 2000 until her death (b.1886).
• 18 October - Micheline Ostermeyer, athlete and pianist (b.1922).

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