1948 in France

Events from the year 1948 in France.

Incumbents

 * President: Vincent Auriol
 * President of the Council of Ministers:
 * until 24 July: Robert Schuman
 * 24 July-2 September: André Marie
 * 2 September-11 September: Robert Schuman
 * starting 11 September: Henri Queuille

Events

 * 17 March – Treaty of Brussels, is signed by Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, aimed mainly at defending against possible German rearmament.
 * 5 September – Robert Schuman becomes Prime Minister of France.
 * 7 October – Citroën 2CV economy car introduced at the Paris Motor Show.

Sport

 * 30 June – Tour de France begins.
 * 25 July – Tour de France ends, won by Gino Bartali of Italy.

Births

 * 17 February – Philippe Khorsand, actor (died 2008)
 * 10 March – Jean-Pierre Adams, international soccer player (died 2021)
 * 11 March – Dominique Sanda, actress
 * 9 April – Bernard-Marie Koltès, playwright and director (died 1989)
 * 20 June – Véronique de Montchalin, politician
 * 30 July – Jean Reno, actor
 * 3 August – Jean-Pierre Raffarin, former Prime Minister of France
 * 8 October – Claude Jade, actress (died 2006)
 * 27 December – Gérard Depardieu, actor
 * Full date unknown:
 * Bernard Drubay, sailor

Deaths

 * 7 January – Jean-Baptiste Chabot, priest and Syriac scholar (born 1860)
 * 15 January – Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, astronomer (born 1853)
 * 12 February – Caroline Lacroix, courtesan (born 1883)
 * 4 March
 * Antonin Artaud, dramatist, poet, actor and director (born 1896; cancer)
 * Lucien Rouzet, physicist and inventor (born 1886)
 * 12 March – Antoine Lacroix, mineralogist and geologist (born 1863)
 * 5 July – Georges Bernanos, author (born 1888)
 * 6 July – René de Labarrière, first UN soldier killed in action (born 1899; killed by landmine)
 * 31 July – Georges Blondel, historian (born 1856)
 * 25 September – Pierre Frondaie, poet, novelist and playwright (born 1884)
 * 11 October – André Bloch, mathematician (born 1893; leukaemia)