1957 in France

Events from the year 1957 in France.

Decades:

Incumbents

4 February – France prohibits United Nation involvement in Algeria.
1 March – Sud Aviation forms from a merger between SNCASE (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Est) and SNCASO (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Ouest).
20 March – Newspaper L'Express reveals that the French army tortures Algerian prisoners.
25 March – Treaty of Rome, signed by France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg), establishes the European Economic Community (EEC).
26 May – Algerian politician killed by Algerian nationalists during soccer game
First American writers of the Beat Generation (poets Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky) stay at the "Beat Hotel" (Hotel Rachou) in Paris.

4 January – Joël Bats, international soccer player and coach
11 January – Alain Lemercier, racewalker
13 January – Bruno Baronchelli, soccer player
10 March – Mino Cinélu, musician
12 March – Patrick Battiston, international soccer player
3 April – Yves Chaland, cartoonist (died 1990)
25 May – Véronique Augereau, actress
12 June – Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, oncologist and politician (died 2023)
18 August – Carole Bouquet, actress
25 September – Jean-Pierre Demailly, mathematician (died 2022)
10 October
- Didier Roustan, sports journalist (died 2024)
- Jacques Verdier, sports journalist (died 2018)
12 October
- Clémentine Célarié, actress
- Rémi Laurent, actor (died 1989)
3 December – Valérie Quennessen, actress (died 1989)