Among the 1,500 concert-goers, about 250 were survivors and victims’ families.
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One of the attack locations was the Bataclan concert hall, where 90 people died while attending a concert by the USA band Eagles of Death Metal.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo joined the president at six other sites where crowds ate, drank or revelled in music.
A minute of silence followed the reading of the names – as families of the victims, first aid workers and police in attendance stayed silent long after the minute was up.
Dias, 63, was killed by a suicide bomber in one of three blasts that shook the foundations of France’s national stadium during a soccer match against Germany. When it was all over, 130 people were dead, the majority of which were at the gig. I don’t know what he’s talking about.
She admitted it would take a long time for the scars to heal, but she stressed, “We have a duty to get on with our lives”.
In somber ceremonies, France is remembering the horrors of one year ago, when Islamic extremists attacked bars, restaurants and other symbols of the joyful life that Paris embodies, turning a night on the town into a spasm of violence that shook the nation to its core.
Jesse Hughes, the singer of United States rock group Eagles of Death Metal, blows a kiss before the start of the concert at the Olympia concert hall in Paris, on February 16.
The rocker was criticised after he claimed in March the attack was an inside job, alleging several members of security staff did not show up for their shifts.
A representative for the band reportedly branded the venue’s version of events as “false”.
Before the concert Frutos said that he was sick of listening to Hughes’ conspiracy theories.
Hughes told reporters Sunday that he went to the Bataclan because “I just wanted to see the place open”.
They tried to enter the venue and they are persona non grata.
But Hughes’ provocative remarks were strongly rejected by the Bataclan which said the club’s security – far from costing lives – had likely saved hundreds.
“Terrorism will still strike us”.
He said the band’s attitude shows “no respect for the victims”.
The BBC’s Nick Garnett said Sting transformed the theater back into a concert venue.
A year after the attacks, France’s worst terror assault, investigation showed that the series of shootings and bombings were organised from Syria, prepared in Belgium and executed in Paris with internal complicity.
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Marc Pollack, of The MGMT Company, accused Mr Frutos of “tainting a wonderful opportunity that could’ve been used to spread peace and love”.
