Public holidays in France

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French etching from 1789 depicting the storming of the Bastille, commemorated as Bastille Day

There are eleven official public holidays in France,<ref>French labor law, L3133-3</ref> of which three are movable days which always fall on a weekday. The Alsace region and the Moselle department observe two additional days.<ref name="French labor law">French labor law, IDCC 1686</ref> These holidays do not shift when they fall during a weekend,<ref name="French labor law"/> which means that the average number of observed public holidays falling on weekdays (outside Alsace and Moselle) is 8.7 and ranges from seven to ten. Most Asian countries and all North American countries observe between two and ten more public holidays per year on weekdays.<ref>Employee holiday entitlement around the world, Mercer</ref>

Public holidays in France

Date English name Local name Remarks
1 January New Year's Day lang}}
moveable Good Friday lang}} Friday before Easter Sunday. Alsace and Moselle only.<ref name="auto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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moveable Easter Monday lang}} Monday after Easter Sunday (one day after Easter Sunday)
1 May Labour Day lang}}
8 May Victory Day lang}} End of hostilities in Europe in World War II
moveable Ascension Day lang}} Thursday, 39 days after Easter Sunday
moveable Whit Monday lang}} Monday after Pentecost (50 days after Easter), observed only in some businesses, see notes
14 July National Day lang}} French National Day, commemorates the Feast of the Federation
15 August Assumption Day lang}}
1 November All Saints' Day lang}}
11 November Armistice Day lang}} End of World War I
25 December Christmas Day lang}} Newspapers are not published. Pubs, restaurants, shops, etc. closed all day by law.
26 December Saint Stephen's Day lang}} Alsace and Moselle only.<ref name="auto"/>

Overseas territories

Guadeloupe

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French Guiana

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Martinique

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New Caledonia

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French Polynesia

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Réunion

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Saint Barthélemy

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Wallis and Futuna

  • Feast of Saint Peter Chanel: 28 April.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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Notes

Note: French law dictates that work should stop, but be paid only for the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (May Day, 1 May),<ref>Code du Travail, L3133-4</ref> except in industries where it is infeasible to stop working.<ref>Code du Travail, L3133-6</ref> The rest of the public holidays are listed in statute law,<ref>Code du Travail, L3133-1</ref> but law does not dictate that work should stop; however a leave from work may be granted by the employer or by {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, an agreement between employers' and employees' trade unions.

In 2005, French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin removed Pentecost (Whit) Monday's status as a public holiday. This decision was eventually overruled by French courts in 2008.Template:Citation needed Employers are free to decide whether to make Whit Monday a day off or not.<ref>LOI n° 2008 – 351</ref>

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