French public and school holidays 2008/2009

Please see the information below for French public and school holidays for 2008/2009.

French public holidays / national holidays in 2008

• Tuesday 1 January - New Year's Day (Jour de l'An).
• Sunday 23 March - Easter (Pâques).
• Monday 24 March - Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques).
• Thursday 1 May - Labour Day (Fête du Travail) and Ascension Day (Ascension catholique).
• Thursday 8 May - VE Day - WWII Victory Day (Fête de la Victoire 1945).
• Sunday 11 May - Whit Sunday (Pentecôte).
• Monday 12 May - Whit Sunday (Lundi de Pentecôte).
• Monday 14 July - Bastille Day (Fête nationale).
• Friday 15 August - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Assomption).
• Saturday 1 November - All Saints' Day (Toussaint).
• Tuesday 11 November - Armistice Day (Armistice 1918).
• Thursday 25 December - Christmas Day (Noël).

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French public holidays / national holidays in 2009

• Thursday 1 January - New Year's Day (Jour de l'An).
• Sunday 12 April - Easter (Pâques).
• Monday 12 April - Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques).
• Friday 1 May - Labour Day (Fête du Travail).
• Friday 8 May - VE Day - WWII Victory Day (Fête de la Victoire 1945).
• Thursday 21 May - Ascension Day (Ascension catholique).
• Sunday 31 May - Whit Sunday (Pentecôte).
• Monday 1 June - Whit Sunday (Lundi de Pentecôte).
• Tuesday 14 July - Bastille Day (Fête nationale).
• Saturday 15 August - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Assomption).
• Sunday 1 November - All Saints' Day (Toussaint).
• Wednesday 11 November - Armistice Day (Armistice 1918).
• Friday 25 December - Christmas Day (Noël).

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French school holidays in Zone A

Zone A covers:

• Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand)
• Brittany (Rennes)
• Languedoc-Roussillon (Montpellier)
• Lorraine (Nancy / Metz)
• Lower Normandy (Caen)
• Midi-Pyrenees (Toulouse)
• Pays de la Loire (Nantes)
• Rhone-Alpes (Lyon / Grenoble)

2008 holidays

• 16/02/08 to 02/03/08 - Winter holiday
• 12/04/08 to 27/04/08 - Spring holiday
• 03/07/08 to 01/09/08 - Summer holiday
• 25/10/08 to 05/11/08 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
• 20/12/08 - 04/01/09 - Christmas holiday

2009 holidays

• 07/02/09 to 22/02/09 - Winter holiday
• 04/04/09 to 19/04/09 - Spring holiday
• 02/07/09 to 01/09/09 - Summer holiday
• 24/10/09 to 04/11/09 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
• 19/12/09 - 03/01/10 - Christmas holiday

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French school holidays in Zone B

Zone B covers:

• Alsace (Strasbourg)
• Burgundy (Dijon)
• Centre (Orléans / Tours)
• Champagne-Ardenne (Reims)
• Franche-Comté (Besançon)
• Limousin (Limoges)
• Nord-Pas-de-Calais (Lille)
• Picardy (Amiens)
• Poitou-Charentes (Poitiers)
• Provence Cote d'Azur (Aix-Marseille / Nice)
• Upper Normandy (Rouen)

2008 holidays

• 09/02/08 to 24/02/08 - Winter holiday
• 05/04/08 to 20/04/08 - Spring holiday
• 03/07/08 to 01/09/08 - Summer holiday
• 25/10/08 to 05/11/08 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
• 20/12/08 - 04/01/09 - Christmas holiday

2009 holidays

• 21/02/09 to 08/03/09 - Winter holiday
• 18/04/09 to 03/05/09 - Spring holiday
• 02/07/09 to 01/09/09 - Summer holiday
• 24/10/09 to 04/11/09 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
• 19/12/09 - 03/01/10 - Christmas holiday

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French school holidays in Zone C

Zone C covers:

• Aquitaine (Bordeaux)
• Paris Ile-de-France (Créteil / Paris / Versailles)

2008 holidays

• 23/02/08 to 09/03/08 - Winter holiday
• 19/04/08 to 04/05/08 - Spring holiday
• 03/07/08 to 01/09/08 - Summer holiday
• 25/10/08 to 05/11/08 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
• 20/12/08 - 04/01/09 - Christmas holiday

2009 holidays

• 14/02/09 to 01/03/09 - Winter holiday
• 11/04/09 to 26/04/09 - Spring holiday
• 02/07/09 to 01/09/09 - Summer holiday
• 24/10/09 to 04/11/09 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
• 19/12/09 - 03/01/10 - Christmas holiday

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