The guillotine remained France's standard method of judicial execution until as recently as the abolition of capital punishment in 1981. The last person to be executed in France was Hamida Djandoubi, who was guillotined on 10 September 1977.

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The relevant information is: The guillotine remained France's standard method of judicial execution until as recently as the abolition of capital punishment in 1981. The answer is 1981.