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Events in the year 2024 in France.

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  • 1 October –
    • Prime Minister Barnier announces a one-year postponement of provincial elections in New Caledonia that were previously scheduled in December 2024.[101]
    • Exiled Azerbaijani opposition activist Vidadi Isgandarli dies from wounds sustained in an attack inside his apartment in Mulhouse on 29 September.[102]
  • 3 October – Peter Cherif, an associate of the perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in 2015, is sentenced to life imprisonment on terrorism charges.[103]
  • 4 October – The Court of Justice of the European Union overturns decrees by the French government banning manufacturers of plant-based meats from labeling their products as meat products, citing the lack of legal definitions.[104]
  • 7 October – Nearly a dozen police officers and several demonstrators are injured in renewed protests in Fort-de-France, Martinique.[105]
  • 8 October –
    • Three people are arrested in the Toulouse area on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks.[106]
    • The Barnier government survives a no-confidence motion filed by the New Popular Front.[107]
  • 9 October –
  • 10 October – Protesters occupy the tarmac of Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport overnight and try to enter the terminal, disrupting several flights and trapping hundreds of passengers.[110] Authorities also declare a ban on protests in the territory.[111]
  • 12 October – A Tesla car crashes into a road sign and catches fire near Niort, killing all four people on board.[112]

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†Good Friday and St Stephen's Day are observed in Alsace and Moselle only

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  114. ^ "Décès de Daniel Revenu, champion olympique de fleuret par équipe aux JO 1968". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  115. ^ "Le pilote automobile René Metge, triple vainqueur du Dakar, est mort". Franceinfo (in French). 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
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  142. ^ "Ancien maire d'Alès et député du Gard, Gilbert Millet a tiré sa révérence à l'âge de 93 ans". midilibre.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  143. ^ "Bishop Pierre René Ferdinand Raffin [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  144. ^ "Jean Malaurie, géographe, explorateur du Grand Nord et éditeur, est mort". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  145. ^ "Le réalisateur Laurent Cantet, palme d'or avec Entre les murs, est décédé à 63 ans". Le Figaro (in French). 25 April 2024.
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  147. ^ "«Plus belle la vie», «Nos jours heureux»... L'acteur culte Jacques Boudet est mort". Le Figaro (in French). 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
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  149. ^ "Alain Delon, étoile du cinéma français, est mort". Le Monde (in French). 18 August 2024.
  150. ^ "Jean-Charles Tacchella, réalisateur et ancien président de la Cinémathèque française, est mort à l'âge de 98 ans". Le Monde (in French). 30 August 2024.
  151. ^ "Le réalisateur Laurent Tirard est mort, à l'âge de 57 ans". Le Monde (in French). 5 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
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