1955 in France

Events from the year 1955 in France.

Incumbents

 * President: Rene Coty
 * President of the Council of Ministers:
 * until 17 February: Pierre Mendès France
 * 17 February-23 February: Christian Pineau
 * starting 23 February: Edgar Faure

Events

 * 28 March – SNCF sets a new world rail speed record of 331 km/h using electric traction.
 * 5 May – Bonn–Paris conventions come into force, putting an end to the Allied occupation of West Germany.
 * 11 June – 1955 Le Mans disaster. Driver Pierre Levegh and 82 spectators killed in a crash during the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans race.
 * 28 July – The first Interlingua congress in Tours, France, leads to the founding of the Union Mundial pro Interlingua.
 * 6 October – The Citroen DS, a large saloon car, is launched at the Paris Motor Show.

Arts and literature

 * 25 June – Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, designed by Le Corbusier, is dedicated.
 * 15 September – Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is published in Paris by Olympia Press.

Sport

 * 7 July – Tour de France begins.
 * 30 July – Tour de France ends, won by Louison Bobet.

Births

 * 28 January
 * Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France
 * Chantal Sébire, teacher and euthanasia campaigner (died 2008)
 * 24 February – Alain Prost, motor racing driver
 * 4 March – Dominique Pinon, actor
 * 9 March – Jean-Luc Arribart, soccer player
 * 17 March – Élie Baup, soccer player and manager
 * 21 June – Michel Platini, soccer player
 * 27 June – Isabelle Adjani, actress
 * 2 August – Anne Lacaton, architect
 * 7 August – Chantal Réga, athlete
 * 8 September – Olivia Dutron, actress
 * 17 September – Olivier Chandon de Brailles, motor racing driver (died 1983)
 * 7 October – Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
 * 14 December – Hervé Guibert, writer (died 1991)

Deaths

 * 15 January – Yves Tanguy, surrealist painter (born 1900)
 * 23 February – Paul Claudel, poet, dramatist and diplomat (born 1868)
 * 22 March – Maurice Schutz, actor (born 1866)
 * 19 June – Adrienne Monnier, poet and publisher (born 1892)
 * 5 November – Maurice Utrillo, painter (born 1883)
 * 27 November – Arthur Honegger, composer (born 1892)