France unrest, Sept–Oct 2026: incidents named by news outlets

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  • The movement began as a high-school (lycéen) protest at Lycée Saint-Exupéry in Créteil on 17–18 Sept over teacher shortages and Parcoursup, and went national from 28 Sept. (Guardian, BBC)
  • On the national day of action, Sat 17 Oct, about 550,000 marched per the Interior Ministry (110,000 in Paris); the CGT says 800,000. (Guardian, BBC)
  • The Interior Ministry counted 2,397 interpellations on 17 Oct and 997 police and gendarmes injured, 7 seriously. (RTL, RFI, BFMTV/AFP)
  • About 3,000 businesses were looted or vandalised according to PM Lecornu; CCI France says about 2,000 were directly hit. (NBC, BBC live)

Read this first: only incidents named by news outlets are mapped, not the full ~2,000–3,000 businesses hit. Data as of Oct 19, 2026. No private individuals are named. Locations are geocoded approximations.

Last updated: 19 Oct 2026, ~10:00 AM ET (16:00 Paris)

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