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Events in the year 2026 in France.
Events
January
- 5 January – A court in Paris convicts ten people on charges of cyber-bullying first lady Brigitte Macron by spreading disinformation and "malicious remarks" over her gender, sexuality and personal life.[1]
- 8 January – Laurent Vinatier, a French researcher imprisoned in Russia since 2024 on charges of failing to register as a "foreign agent", is released in a prisoner swap in exchange for Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin, who had been detained in France since 2025 on suspicion of involvement in cyberhacking.[2]
Predicted and scheduled events
- By March – 2026 French municipal elections[3][4]
- 12 August – A total solar eclipse is predicted to occur at the Moon's descending node of the orbit in North America and Europe. The total eclipse will pass over the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic Ocean, northern Spain and Biarritz, France.[5][6]
- September – 2026 French Senate election[7]
Holidays
Source:[8]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 3 April – Good Friday†
- 5 April – Easter
- 6 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – International Workers' Day
- 8 May – Victory Day
- 14 May – Ascension Day
- 24 May – Whit Sunday
- 25 May – Whit Monday
- 14 July – Bastille Day
- 15 August – Assumption Day
- 1 November – All Saints' Day
- 11 November – Armistice Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Saint Stephen's Day†
†Good Friday and St Stephen's Day are observed in Alsace and Moselle only
Deaths
- 4 January – Calbo, 52, rapper (Ärsenik).[9]
- 6 January – Odette Bergoffen, 101, resistance fighter.[10]
- 8 January – Sergio Goizauskas, 69, cartoonist.[11]
- 12 January –
- Rolland Courbis, 72, football player (Monaco) and manager (Bordeaux, Marseille).[12]
- Alain Orsoni, 71, politician, Corsican independence activist and president of AC Ajaccio.[13]
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
References
- ^ "Ten found guilty of cyber-bullying Brigitte Macron". BBC. 5 January 2026. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
- ^ "Russia Releases French Researcher in Prisoner Exchange". The Moscow Times. 8 January 2025.
- ^ "Quand auront lieu les élections municipales 2026 ? La réponse du ministère de l'Intérieur". Le Courrier des maires. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Quelles sont les dates des prochaines élections ?". Service-public.fr. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ Tara, Serena (2023-11-17). "Forget 2024, It's Time to Start Planning for the 2026 Solar Eclipse". Thrillist. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ "Les évènements de l'année 2026". www.calagenda.fr. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
- ^ "Derrière les élections municipales de mars 2026, l'enjeu des sénatoriales de septembre 2026" (in French). 2025-12-16. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
- ^ "France Public Holidays 2026". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ^ "Disparition. Le rappeur Calbo, cofondateur du groupe Ärsenik, est décédé à l'âge de 52 ans". Le Dauphine (in French). 4 January 2026. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ Calcagni, Vincent; Armand, Jeremy; Dupeyrat, Céline (6 January 2026). "Odette Bergoffen, résistante angevine et Juste parmi les Nations, vient de mourir à l'âge de 101 ans". France 3 Pays de la Loire (in French). Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ^ "Serguei, dessinateur au « Monde » depuis quarante-cinq ans, est mort". Le Monde (in French). 2026-01-09. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
- ^ "French coach and football pundit Rolland Courbis dies at 72". France 24. 2026-01-12. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
- ^ "Ex-Corsican nationalist leader, soccer club president Alain Orsoni shot dead at mother's funeral". SF Gate. 2026-01-12. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
External links
- Online calendar
