2023 in France
Events in the year 2023 in France. Incumbents
President – Emmanuel Macron (REM)
Prime Minister – Élisabeth Borne (REM) 
Government – Borne government

Events

January
 11 January – Six people are injured in a knife attack at Paris's Gare du Nord train station. 19 January – 2023 French pension reform strikes
Strikes and demonstrations begin throughout France against the government's pension reform project, which plans to raise the retirement age to 64. 21 January – RT France, the French arm of the Russian state media network RT, ceases operation following the freezing of their bank accounts by the Direction générale du Trésor. 25 January – France agrees to withdraw its 400 special forces from Burkina Faso, following the Saturday mandate from the ruling military junta that they withdraw within a month. 31 January – 2023 French pension reform strikes
 A second day of strikes and demonstrations occur throughout France against the government's pension reform project, which proposes to raise the retirement age to 64. According to the CGT union, 2.8 million people took part in the protests while the Ministry of Internal Affairs counted 1.272 million protesters. About 25% of teachers are on strike according to the Ministry of National Education. This figure is 55% according to the teachers' union SNES-fu. February
 7 February – 2023 French pension reform strikes
 A third day of national protests were held, attended by over 2 million strikers, 400,000 in Paris alone, according to the CGT, while the police estimate that around 757,000 strikers participated. 11 February – 2023 French pension reform strikes
 A fourth day of national protests were held, attended by over 2.5 million strikers, 500,000 of whom were in Paris, according to the CGT, whilst the Ministry of the Interior claims that 963,000 protested. 16 February – 2023 French pension reform strikes
 Unions said some 1.3 million people participated in strikes nationwide, with 30 percent of flights from Paris's Orly Airport being cancelled. March
 4 March – Twenty-one people are injured in a bus crash in Corps, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. 7 March – 2023 French pension reform strikes
 Trains around the country continued to be affected by strikes and protests, with 1.1 to 1.4 million people believed to have participated in over 260 protests across the country. 20 March – March 2023 votes of no confidence in the government of Élisabeth Borne motions were voted down. The cross-party motion failed by a margin of just 9 votes. 23 March – Palais Rohan in Bordeaux is set on fire by protesters. April
 9 April –
 2023 Marseille building collapse
 Six people are killed and many others are injured in an avalanche near Mont Blanc, in the French Alps. 20 April – Operation Wuambushu

May 

 21 May – Three people are killed in a shooting in the 11th arrondissement of Marseille. June 

 8 June – Six children are injured during a mass stabbing in Lake Annecy, Haute-Savoie. The Syrian refugee perpetrator is arrested. A motive behind the attack is still unclear. 16 June – A magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes Niort, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, injuring two people and severely damaging hundreds of buildings. 21 June – 2023 Paris explosion: Around 50 people are injured and one is missing after an explosion and fire on Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris. 27 June – Killing of Nahel M.: A 17-year-old boy is shot dead by a police officer after an attempted traffic stop in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France. Due to the incident, rioting breaks out. 28 June – Riots occur in several French towns following the killing of Nahel M. by a police officer in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France. At least 150 people are arrested, 24 police officers are injured, and 40 cars are set alight. Town halls, schools, and police stations were also set on fire or attacked. 29 June – Rioting continues for a third night across France with at least 100 people being arrested as 40,000 police officers are deployed to tackle the unrest. A town hall is set on fire in Clichy-sous-Bois, while supermarkets and other shops are looted by gangs in Nantes and Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis. 30 June – 
Police officer involved with the killing of Nahel M. charged with homicide. Rioters set fire to the main public library in Marseille as civil unrest continues across France. More than 900 people have been arrested and Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin deploys an additional 45,000 police officers to the streets. July 

 1 July – 
 Riots continue across France. More than 1,300 people have been arrested, and 79 police officers have been injured. Looters raid a gun shop in Marseille, stealing eight hunting rifles and ammunition before police intervene. President Emmanuel Macron cancels a state visit to Germany, which would have been the first state visit in 23 years. 2 July – Rioters ram-raid and set ablaze the residence of L'Haÿ-les-Roses mayor Vincent Jeanbrun, a member of the centre-right Republicans party, injuring the mayor's wife and child. Jeanbrun was at the town hall during the incident. 3 July – Hundreds march in support of Mayor Vincent Jeanbrun, whose house was set ablaze on Sunday morning. August 

 9 August – Nine people are killed and two more are missing after a fire breaks out in a guesthouse accommodating disabled individuals in Wintzenheim, Alsace. 13 August – Three people are killed and eighteen are injured in a fire in an apartment complex in Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes. 14 August – France announces that supermarket prices increased 13.1% in July according to the national statistics bureau. 27 August – France announces plans to Ban the Islamic Abaya dress in schools. September 

 3 September – French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne says that France will ban disposable vapes in an effort to combat smoking. 19-22 September – State visit by Charles III to France. October 

 12 October – French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announces that France will ban all pro-Palestinian protests in the country. 13 October – Arras school stabbing: A teacher is killed and another teacher and a security guard are seriously wounded in a stabbing attack at a high school in Arras, Hauts-de-France. The Chechen attacker, heard shouting "Allahu akbar" during the attack, was arrested by police. 14 October – France raises its Vigipirate to the highest level and announces the deployment of 7,000 soldiers through Opération Sentinelle following a fatal stabbing incident at a school in Arras, Hauts-de-France, which President Emmanuel Macron describes as "Islamist terror". 18 October – The Palace of Versailles and three French airports are temporarily evacuated "for security reasons". Predicted and scheduled events
2023 French Senate election
 26 November - Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023

Deaths

January 
 1 January – Jacques Sereys, 94, actor (On Guard, Chouchou, Towards Zero). 2 January – 
 Alain Acard, 71, Olympic sprint canoer (1972, 1976). Catherine David, 73, French-American literary critic and novelist. François Geindre, 76, politician, mayor of Hérouville-Saint-Clair (1971–2001). 4 January – Michel Ferté, 64, racing driver. 5 January – Jean Clémentin, 98, journalist (Le Canard enchaîné), writer, and spy. 6 January –
Marc-Kanyan Case, 80, Olympic footballer (1968). Jacques Grattarola, 92, footballer (Cannes, Saint-Étienne). 7 January –
Marcelle Engelen Faber, 99, resistance fighter. Henri Heurtebise, 86, poet and editor. 8 January – 
Michel Laurencin, 78, academic and historian. Christiane Papon, 98, politician, MEP (1987–1989) and deputy (1988–1993). 9 January – Max Chantal, 64, rugby league player (Villeneuve XIII, national team). 10 January – Pierre Dorsini, 88, footballer (Toulouse, Nancy). 11 January – François Roussely, 78, government official and magistrate, president of Électricité de France (1998–2004). 12 January –
Jean Laurent, 78, banker and businessman, managing director of Crédit Agricole (1999–2005). Daniel Richard, 78, entrepreneur. 13 January –
Madeleine Attal, 101, actress and theatre director. Fañch Peru, 82, teacher, writer and politician, mayor of Berhet (1983–2001). 14 January – Bernard Delemotte, 83, diver and cameraman. 15 January – Noël Coulet, 90, academic and historian. 16 January – Pierre Danos, 93, rugby union player (RC Toulon, AS Béziers Hérault, national team). 17 January –
Jean-Claude Marty, 79, rugby league player (FC Lézignan XIII, Racing Club Albi XIII, national team). Lucile Randon, 118, supercentenarian, world's oldest living person (since 2022). Paul Vecchiali, 92, film director (At the Top of the Stairs, Rosa la rose, fille publique, Once More) and author. 18 January –
Jacques Jarry, 93, linguist and archeologist. Paul Vecchiali, 92, film director (At the Top of the Stairs, Rosa la rose, fille publique, Once More) and author. Marcel Zanini, 99, Turkish-born French jazz musician. 19 January –
Gilles Beyer, 66, figure skater and skating coach. Claude Guillon, 70, writer and philosopher. 20 January – Loïc Guguen, dramatic baritone. 23 January – 
Serge Laget, 66, board game designer (Mare Nostrum, Mystery of the Abbey). Roland Weller, 84, businessman, president of RC Strasbourg Alsace (1994–1997). 24 January – Christelle Doumergue, 59, basketball player (Clermont UC, Tango Bourges Basket, national team). 25 January –
Maria Deroche, 84, Brazilian-born French architect. Roger Louret, 72, actor, playwright, and theatre director. 26 January – Attilio Labis, 86, ballet dancer and teacher. 28 January – Gérard Caillaud, 76, actor (The Accuser, L'argent des autres, The Dogs) and stage director. 29 January – Adama Niane, 56, actor (Get In, Lupin). June 
2 June – Jacques Rozier, 96, film director and screenwriter (Adieu Philippine, Du Cote D'Orouet). 18 June – Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, explorer and victim of the Titan submersible implosion. 26 June – Ysabelle Lacamp, 68, writer and actress. 27 June - Nahel Merzouk, Nahel Merzouk (sometimes spelled Naël), a 17-year-old French youth of Maghrebian Algerian descent, was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop

July 
11 July – Milan Kundera, 94, Czech-born French writer (The Joke, The Unbearable Lightness of Being). 16 July – Jane Birkin, 76, British-French actress (Death on the Nile, Evil Under the Sun) and singer ("Je t'aime... moi non plus"). October 
 6 October – Victoire Jasmin, 67, French Senator from Guadaloupe. 24 October – Marcel Berthomé, 101, Mayor and war veteran. See also

Country overviews
 History of France
 History of modern France
 Outline of France
 Government of France
 Politics of France
 Years in France
 Timeline of France history
 List of French films of 2023

References

 
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2020s in France
Years of the 21st century in France