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French Public, School and Bank Holidays 2010

Please see the information below on French public and school holidays, as well as bank holidays in France for 2010.

French Public Holidays / National Holidays in 2010

  • Friday 1 January - New Year's Day (Jour de l'An).
  • Sunday 4 April - Easter (Pâques).
  • Monday 5 April - Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques).

  • Learn More About Easter in France
  • Saturday 1 May - Labour Day (Fête du Travail)
  • Saturday 8 May - VE Day - WWII Victory Day (Fête de la Victoire 1945).
  • Thursday 13 May - Ascension Day (Ascension catholique).
  • Sunday 23 May - Whit Sunday (Pentecôte).
  • Monday 24 May - Whit Monday (Lundi de Pentecôte).

  • Learn More About Whit Monday in France
  • Wednesday 14 July - Bastille Day (Fête nationale).

  • Learn More About 14 July National Day in France
  • Sunday 15 August - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Assomption).
  • Monday 1 November - All Saints' Day (Toussaint).

  • Learn More About All Saints in France
  • Thursday 11 November - Armistice Day (Armistice 1918).
  • Saturday 25 December - Christmas Day (Noël).


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French school holidays in Zone A

To complement these bank holidays, school holidays happen five times a year in France: in February (Winter Holiday, traditionally known as "ski holidays"), April (Easter or Spring Holiday), July and August (Summer Holiday), November (All Saints Holiday) and December (Christmas Holiday).

The allocation of the school holidays is done according to three "holiday zones" (A, B and C, respecting the school authorities) in order to share and manage the flow of French holidaymakers.

These dates are given as guidelines only. Please double-check them with the local institutions before making any plan for the future.

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)

2010 holidays

  • 13/02/10 to 01/03/10 - Winter holiday
  • 10/04/10 to 26/04/10 - Spring holiday
  • from 02/07/10 - Summer holiday
  • 23/10/10 to 03/11/10 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
  • 18/12/10 to 02/01/11 - Christmas holiday


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)

2010 holidays

  • 06/02/10 to 22/02/10 - Winter holiday
  • 03/04/10 to 19/04/10 - Spring holiday
  • from 02/07/10 - Summer holiday
  • 23/10/10 to 03/11/10 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
  • 18/12/10 to 02/01/11 - Christmas holiday


French school holidays in Zone C

Zone C covers:

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

2010 holidays

  • 20/02/10 to 08/03/10 - Winter holiday
  • 17/04/10 to 03/05/10 - Spring holiday
  • from 02/07/10 - Summer holiday
  • 23/10/10 to 03/11/10 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
  • 18/12/10 to 02/01/11 - Christmas holiday


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