French Public Holidays 2024
10th Jan 2024
The 11 public holidays in France in 2024 to put in your diary, as well as school dates.
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French Public Holidays 2024
10th Jan 2024
The 11 public holidays in France in 2024 to put in your diary, as well as school dates.
- Monday 1st January - New Year's Day (Jour de l'An)
- Monday 1st April - Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques)
- Wednesday 1st May - Labour Day (Fête du Travail)
- Wednesday 8th May - VE Day - (Fête de la Victoire 1945)
- Thursday 9th May - Ascension Day (l'Ascension)
- Monday 20th May - Whit Monday (Lundi de Pentecôte)
- Sunday 14th July - Bastille Day (Fête Nationale)
- Thursday 15th August - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (l'Assomption)
- Friday 1st November - All Saints' Day (La Toussaint)
- Monday 11th November - Armistice Day (Armistice 1918)
- Wednesday 25th December - Christmas Day (Noël)
Where a public holiday falls over a weekend, by local agreement employees may be given an extra day paid holiday in lieu, but this is not obligatory.
Only May Day is classed as a statutory (paid) public holiday in France.
When a public holiday falls on a Tuesday or a Thursday many people make a 'bridge' holiday (faire le pont), creating a long weekend.
In terms of school holidays, you can find the dates at French School Calendar 2023/24.