President – Nicolas Sarkozy
Prime Minister – François Fillon
10 January – Referendum in Martinique and French Guiana.
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 (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.
14 to 21 March – Regionales elections.
12 to 21 March: In the 2010 Winter Paralympics France wins 6 medals.
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.[1]
Tour de France
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.
7 October – the first of several strikes, involving workers in both the public and private sectors, and which will continue into October.
4 – 13 November 13 – Fencing World Championship in Paris
28 May – Louis, Duke of Burgundy (born 2010) – elder son of Prince Louis, Duke of Anjou
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)
