Public holidays
Traditionally, France has 10 public holidays per year. Schools, public services, banks and shops are usually closed on these days.
Here is the list:
- 1 January: New Year’s Day
- 1 May: Labour Day
- 8 May: VE Day
- Easter Monday
- Ascension Day
- 14 July: Bastille Day
- 15 August: Assumption Day
- 1 November: All Saints’ Day
- 11 November: Armistice Day
- 25 December: Christmas Day
School holidays
France is divided into three school zones: A, B and C. The start of the school year, the All Saints’ holidays, the Christmas holidays and the start of the summer holidays are the same in all three zones.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine is in Zone A
- Zone A
Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon, Poitiers - Zone B
Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Caen, Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Rouen, Strasbourg - Zone C
Créteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse, Versailles
School calendar for Zone A (inc. Bordeaux, Limoges and Poitiers):
● Back to school for students
Term begins: Tuesday 1st September 2020
● All Saints’ holidays
Term ends: Saturday 17 October 2020
Term begins: Monday 2 November 2020
● Christmas holidays
Term ends: Saturday 19 December 2020
Term begins: Monday 4 January 2021
● Winter holidays
Term ends: Saturday 6 February 2021
Term begins: Monday 22 February 2021
● Spring holidays
Term ends: Saturday 10 April 2021
Term begins: Monday 26 April 2021
● Summer holidays
Term ends: Tuesday 6 July 2021
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