1982 in France

See also: 1981 in France, other events of 1982, 1983 in France.

Events from the year 1982 in France.

Events

• 14 March – Cantonales Elections held.
• 21 March – Cantonales Elections held.
• 4 July – 8th G7 summit begins in Versailles.
• 6 July – 8th G7 summit closes.
• 31 July – 53 persons, 46 of them children, die in a road accident in Beaune in France's worst road accident.
• 9 August – Six people are killed and 22 injured when the Jo Goldenberg restaurant on the Rue des Rosiers in Paris' Jewish quarter is attacked by terrorists.
• 28 August – The "Irish of Vincennes" are arrested by a secret presidential anti-terrorist police unit on suspicion of the Jo Goldenberg attack. They are later exonerated when the evidence against them is found to have been planted.
• 2 October – Launch of the Citroën BX, successor to the Citroën GS.^[1]

Sport

• 2 July – Tour de France begins.
• 25 July – Tour de France ends, won by Bernard Hinault.
• 25 July – French Grand Prix is won by René Arnoux.

Births

January to March

• 1 January – Yves Donguy, rugby union player.
• 4 January – Benoît Haaby, soccer player.
• 5 January – Benoît Vaugrenard, cyclist.
• 10 January – Julien Brellier, soccer player.
• 11 January – Loïc Guillon, soccer player.
• 11 January – Grégory Lacombe, soccer player.
• 12 January – Grégory Lamboley, rugby union player.
• 12 January – Paul-Henri Mathieu, tennis player.
• 13 January – Philippe Billy, soccer player.
• 21 January – Nicolas Mahut, tennis player.
• 28 January – Sébastien Puygrenier, soccer player.
• 2 February – Amelie Delagrange, murder victim (d.2004).
• 28 February – Aurélien Capoue, soccer player.
• 8 March – Stéphane Biakolo, soccer player.
• 17 March – Matthieu Dafreville, judoka.
• 17 March – Julien Gorius, soccer player.
• 23 March – Christophe Coue, soccer player.
• 30 March – Philippe Mexès, soccer player.

April to June

• 4 April – Rémi Pauriol, cyclist.
• 5 April – Alexandre Prémat, motor racing driver.
• 25 April – Grégory Bourdy, golfer.
• 8 May – Habib Bamogo, soccer player.
• 17 May – Tony Parker, basketball player.
• 18 May – Yannick Bonheur, pair skater.
• 20 May – Lionel Djebi-Zadi, soccer player.
• 20 May – Clément Poitrenaud, rugby union player.
• 26 May – Mathieu Martinez, Nordic combined skier.
• 4 June – Sébastien Portal, cyclist.
• 12 June – Sébastien Minard, cyclist.
• 17 June – Alexandre Alphonse, soccer player.
• 18 June – Fabien Lefèvre, whitewater kayaker.
• 24 June – Sylvain Guintoli, motorcycle racer.

July to September

• 2 July – Julien Tournut, soccer player.
• 5 July – Julien Féret, soccer player.
• 5 July – Lionel Gautherie, rugby union player.
• 7 July – Julien Doré, singer.
• 16 July – Claire Febvay, diver.
• 17 July – Wilfried Dalmat, soccer player.
• 21 July – Cédric Joqueviel, soccer player.
• 22 July – Xavier de Rosnay, musician.
• 27 July – Jean-François Kornetzky, soccer player.
• 28 July – Grégory Cerdan, soccer player.
• 28 July – Benoît Leroy, soccer player.
• 4 August – Jean-Philippe Grandclaude, rugby union player.
• 16 August – Valentin Courrent, rugby union player.
• 1 September – Lou Doillon, model and actress.
• 6 September – Stéphane Dumont, soccer player.
• 8 September – Sébastien Carole, soccer player.
• 26 September – Xavier Barrau, soccer player.
• 27 September – Adrianna Lamalle, athlete.
• 28 September – Nolwenn Leroy, singer and songwriter.

October to December

• 4 October – Grégory Christ, soccer player.
• 4 October – Nicolas Durand, rugby union player.
• 11 October – Emmanuel Leconte, actor.
• 13 October – Odette Henriette Jacqmin, model and musician.
• 18 October – Thierry Amiel, singer and songwriter.
• 22 November – Mathieu Bodmer, soccer player.
• 27 November – David Bellion, soccer player.
• 30 November – Clémence Poésy, actress.
• 23 December – Grégory Gaultier, squash player.
• 25 December – Yoann Langlet, soccer player.

Full date unknown

• Coralie Clément, singer.
• Donald Reignoux, actor.

Deaths

January to June

• 2 January – Victor Fontan, cyclist (b.1892).
• 13 January – Marcel Camus, film director (b.1912).
• 20 February – René Dubos, microbiologist, experimental pathologist, environmentalist and humanist (b.1901).
• 3 March – Georges Perec, novelist, filmmaker and essayist (b.1936).
• 26 March – Lisette de Brinon, socialite and collaborator (b.1896).
• 15 April – Louis de Guiringaud, politician and Minister (b.1911).
• 16 April – Gabriel Auphan, Admiral (b.1894).
• 29 April – Raymond Bussières, actor (b.1907).
• 8 June – Jean Wiener, pianist and composer (b.1896).
• 29 June – Pierre Balmain, fashion designer (b.1914).

July to December

• 12 July – Raymond Borderie, film producer (b.1897).
• 18 July – Jacques Pras, cyclist (b.1924).
• 11 September – Albert Soboul, historian (b.1914).
• 10 October – Jean Effel, painter, illustrator and journalist (b.1908).
• 17 October – Antoine Béthouart, General (b.1889).
• 18 October – Pierre Mendès France, politician and Prime Minister of France (b.1907).
• 22 October – Savitri Devi, writer and philosopher (b.1905).
• 3 November – André Chilo, rugby union player (b.1898).
• 5 November – Jacques Tati, comedic filmmaker (b.1907).
• 11 November – Marcel Paul, trade unionist and communist politician (b.1900).
• 21 November – Pierre Gaxotte, historian (b.1895).
• 17 December – Philipp Jarnach, composer (b.1892).
• 19 December – Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, organist, composer and architect (b.1911).
• 24 December – Louis Aragon, poet and novelist (b.1897).

Full date unknown

• Armand Barbault, chemist and alchemist (b.1906).
• Jean Beaufret, philosopher and Germanist (b.1907).
• Yves Ciampi, film director (b.1921).
• Andrée Clair, writer (b.1916).
• Martha Desrumeaux, militant communist and member of the French Resistance (b.1897).
• Édouard Joly, aircraft designer (b.1898).
• Georges Neveux, dramatist and poet (b.1900).
• Claude Piel, aircraft designer (b.1921).
• Louis Poterat, lyricist (b.1901).
• Marthe Richard, prostitute, spy and politician (b.1889).

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