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Public and school holidays in France

France has 11 public holidays everywhere. The rest change from one region to the next, and so do the school terms. Pick one to see its dates, the weekdays they fall on, and the bridge days around them.

Statutory public holidays are defined in the French Labour Code. School calendars are set by the Ministry of Education, dividing the year into five teaching periods separated by four breaks, with winter and spring holidays staggered across three zones (A, B, and C).

Map of France — choose a region for its own dates Nouvelle-Aquitaine Occitanie Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Grand Est Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Centre-Val de Loire Hauts-de-France Pays de la Loire Normandie Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Bretagne Île-de-France Corsica Nouvelle-AquitaineOccitanieAuvergne-Rhône-AlpesGrand EstBourgogne-Franche-ComtéCentre-Valde LoireHauts-de-FrancePays de laLoireNormandieProvence-Alpes-Côted'AzurBretagneÎle-de-FranceCorsica

Holidays by region

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes11 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté11 Bretagne11 Centre-Val de Loire11 Corsica11 Grand Est11 Guadeloupe12 Guyana12 Hauts-de-France11 Martinique12 Mayotte12 Normandie11 Nouvelle-Aquitaine11 Occitanie11 Pays de la Loire11 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur11 Reunion12 Saint Martin12 Saint Pierre and Miquelon11 St. Barts12 Île-de-France11

Common holidays

11 days

  • 1 JanThursday
  • 6 AprMonday
  • 1 MayFriday
  • 8 MayFriday
  • 14 MayThursday
  • 25 MayMonday
  • 14 JulTuesday
  • 15 AugSaturday
  • 1 NovSunday
  • 11 NovWednesday
  • 25 DecFriday

Regional holidays

6 days

  • 27 AprMondayMayotte
  • 22 MayFridayMartinique
  • 27 MayWednesdayGuadeloupe, Saint Martin
  • 10 JunWednesdayGuyana
  • 9 OctFridaySt. Barts
  • 20 DecSundayReunion

Public holidays and school vacation zones in France

Public holidays in France are established by the Labour Code and apply uniformly across mainland departments. In Alsace and the Moselle department (Grand Est), local statute (droit local) grants two additional public holidays — Good Friday and Saint Stephen's Day (26 December) — reflecting historic concordat arrangements preserved when the territories returned to France in 1918. Most of France's overseas departments and territories celebrate an additional public holiday commemorating the abolition of slavery (such as 27 May in Guadeloupe, 22 May in Martinique, and 20 December in Réunion).

School calendars for metropolitan France are divided into three geographic zones (A, B, and C) to stagger winter and spring vacations, balancing traffic and tourism across mountain ski regions. Summer, autumn (Toussaint), and Christmas holidays are unified nationwide.