Thursday’s commemorations will be held throughout the day at the various attack sites, culminating with the opening of a 13 November garden near Paris City Hall.
When night falls, the Eiffel Tower will be bathed in the red, white and blue of the French flag.
French media have been full of accounts and memories, with survivors describing how their lives have changed.
In an unexpected development, Salah Abdeslam has let it be known through his lawyer that he would be prepared to co-operate in any effort at “restorative justice” – a procedure where victims and perpetrators meet to discuss the impact of a crime.
The idea has been mooted by some families – but others are vehemently opposed.
According to Laurent Sourisseau, a cartoonist also known as Riss, who was shot and wounded in the Charlie Hebdo attack a few months before the Bataclan massacres, Abdeslam’s offer is “perverse”.
“Restorative justice exists for other types of crime – common crimes,” he said.
“But terrorism is not a common crime. Salah Abdeslam wants to make us think his crime was like any other. But it was not.”
