There are 11 public holidays in France, so here are the dates you need to note in your diary for 2014.

• Wednesday 1st January - New Year's Day (Jour de l'An)
• Monday 21st April - Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques)
• Thursday 1st May - Labour Day (Fête du Travail)
• Thursday 8th May - VE Day - (Fête de la Victoire 1945)
• Thursday 29th May - Ascension Day (Ascension)
• Monday 9th June - Whit Monday (Lundi de Pentecôte)
• Monday 14th July - Bastille Day (Fête Nationale)
• Friday 15th August - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Assomption)
• Saturday 1st November - All Saints' Day (Toussaint)
• Tuesday 11th November - Armistice Day (Armistice 1918)
• Thursday 25th December - Christmas Day (Noël)