Public & School Holidays in France
Public Holidays
2008 Public
Holidays in
France
There are 10 in France. On these
days Government Departments, banks, shops
are, in the main, closed
1st January
2008 ( New year's day/Nouvel an)
24 March
2008 (Easter Monday / Lundi de Pâques) -
1st May
2008( Labor day / Fete du travail) & also
(Ascension day / L'Ascension ) for this year
8th
May 2008
(Victory of 1945 / Victoire 1945)
12 May 2008
(Whit Monday
/ Lundi de Pentecote)
14th July
2008 ( Bastille day / Fete Nationale)
15th
August 2008
( Assumption / Assomption)
1st
November
2008 ( All saints day / Toussaint)
11th
November 2008
(Armistice day / Armistice 1918)
25th
December
2008 ( Christmas / Noel) .
School Holidays
French school children have five holidays a year. One week at the end of October, two weeks at Christmas, two more in February, two in spring, and the whole of the summer in July and August.
Please be aware that tourist sites as well as the roads are busier during these periods.
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Holidays |
Zone A |
Zone B |
Zone C |
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Christmas Break 2006 |
23 Dec 06 - 8 Jan 07 |
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Winter Break 2007 |
10 Feb 07 - 26 Feb 07 |
24 Feb 07 - 12 Mar 07 |
17 Feb 07 - 5 Mar 07 |
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Spring Break 2007 |
31 mar 07 - 16 Apr 07 |
14 Apr 07 - 2 May 07 |
7 Apr 07 - 23 Apr 07 |
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Summer Break 2007 |
4 Jul 07 - 4 Sep 07 |
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Autumn Break 2007 |
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Christmas Break 2007 |
23 Dec 07 - 7 Jan 08 |
Zone A:
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).
Zone B:
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).
Zone C:
Aquitaine (Bordeaux), Paris Ile-de-France (Créteil / Paris / Versailles).
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