1982 in France

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

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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.

port

*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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