French Public, School and Bank Holidays 2009/2010

Please see the information below for French public and school holidays as well as bank holidays in France for 2009/2010.

French public holidays / national holidays in 2009

• Thursday 1 January - New Year's Day (Jour de l'An).
• Sunday 12 April - Easter (Pâques).
• Monday 13 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 Monday (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 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).



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• 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)

2009 holidays

• 07/02/09 to 23/02/09 - Winter holiday
• 04/04/09 to 20/04/09 - Spring holiday
• 02/07/09 to 02/09/09 - Summer holiday
• 25/10/09 to 06/11/09 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints)
• 20/12/09 - 05/01/10 - Christmas holiday

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
• coming soon - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
• coming soon - 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)

2009 holidays

• 21/02/09 to 09/03/09 - Winter holiday
• 18/04/09 to 04/05/09 - Spring holiday
• 02/07/09 to 02/09/09 - Summer holiday
• 25/10/09 to 06/11/09 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
• 20/12/09 - 05/01/10 - Christmas holiday

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
• coming soon - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
• coming soon - Christmas holiday

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French school holidays in Zone C

Zone C covers:

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

2009 holidays

• 14/02/09 to 02/03/09 - Winter holiday
• 11/04/09 to 27/04/09 - Spring holiday
• 02/07/09 to 02/09/09 - Summer holiday
• 25/10/09 to 06/11/09 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
• 20/12/09 - 05/01/10 - Christmas holiday

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
• coming soon - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
• coming soon - Christmas holiday

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