French Public Holidays / National Holidays in 2012/2013

Please see the information below on French public and school holidays, as well as bank holidays in France for 2012 and 2013.

French Public Holidays / National Holidays in 2012

• Sunday 1 January - New Year's Day (Jour de l'An).
• Sunday 8 April - Easter (Pâques).
• Monday 9 April - Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques).

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• Tuesday 1 May - Labour Day (Fête du Travail)
• Tuesday 8 May - VE Day - WWII Victory Day (Fête de la Victoire 1945).
• Thursday 17 May - Ascension Day (Ascension catholique).
• Sunday 27 May - Whit Sunday (Pentecôte).
• Monday 28 May - Whit Monday (Lundi de Pentecôte).

Learn More About Whit Monday in France

• Saturday 14 July - Bastille Day (Fête nationale).

Learn More About 14 July National Day in France

• Wenesday 15 August - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Assomption).
• Thursday 1 November - All Saints' Day (Toussaint).

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• Sunday 11 November - Armistice Day (Armistice 1918).
• Tuesday 25 December - Christmas Day (Noël).

French Public Holidays / National Holidays in 2013

• Tuesday 1 January - New Year's Day (Jour de l'An).
• Sunday 31 March - Easter Sunday(Pâques).
• Monday 1 April - Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques).

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• Wednesday 1 May - Labour Day (Fête du Travail)
• Wednesday 8 May - VE Day - WWII Victory Day (Fête de la Victoire 1945).
• Thursday 9 May - Ascension Day (Ascension catholique).
• Sunday 19 May - Whit Sunday (Pentecôte).
• Monday 20 May - Whit Monday (Lundi de Pentecôte).

Learn More About Whit Monday in France

• Sunday 14 July - Bastille Day (Fête nationale).

Learn More About 14 July National Day in France

• Thursday 15 August - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Assomption).
• Friday 1 November - All Saints' Day (Toussaint).

Learn More About All Saints in France

• Monday 11 November - Armistice Day (Armistice 1918).
• Wednesday 25 December - Christmas Day (Noël).

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.

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)

2012/13 Holidays

• 11/02/12 to 27/02/12 - Winter holiday
• 07/04/12 to 23/04/12 - Spring holiday
• 05/07/12 to 04/09/12 - Summer holiday
• 27/10/12 to 08/11/12 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
• 22/12/12 to 07/01/13 - Christmas holiday
• 23/02/13 to 11/03/13 - Winter Holiday
• 20/04/13 to 06/05/13 - Spring Holiday
• from 04/07/13 - Summer 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)

2012/13 Holidays

• 25/02/12 to 12/03/12 - Winter holiday
• 21/04/12 to 07/05/12 - Spring holiday
• 05/07/12 to 04/09/12 - Summer holiday
• 27/10/12 to 08/11/12 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
• 22/12/12 to 07/01/13 - Christmas holiday
• 16/02/13 to 04/03/13 - Winter Holiday
• 13/04/13 to 29/04/13 - Spring Holiday
• from 04/07/13 - Summer holiday

French school holidays in Zone C

Zone C covers:

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

2012/13 Holidays

• 18/02/12 to 05/03/12 - Winter holiday
• 14/04/12 to 30/04/12 - Spring holiday
• 05/07/12 to 04/09/12 - Summer holiday
• 27/10/12 to 08/11/12 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
• 22/12/12 to 07/01/13 - Christmas holiday
• 02/03/13 to 18/03/13 - Winter Holiday
• 27/04/13 to 13/05/13 - Spring Holiday
• from 04/07/13 - Summer holiday

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