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):
● Winter holidays
Term ends: Saturday 17 February 2024
Term begins: Monday 4 March 2024
● Spring holidays
Term ends: Saturday 13 April 2024
Term begins: Monday 29 April 2024
● Summer holidays
Term ends: Saturday 6 July 2024
● Back to school for students
Term begins: Monday 2 September 2024
● All Saints’ holidays
Term ends: Saturday 19 October 2024
Term begins: Monday 4 November 2024
● Christmas holidays
Term ends: Saturday 21 December 2024
Term begins: Monday 6 January 2025
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