updated: December 2, 2019Jours Feriés (Public Holidays) in France
- Some public holidays will fall on the same date each year
- Others will change from year to year e.g. Easter
- 1 January – New Year’s Day (Jour de l’An)
- 13 April 2020 (Monday) – Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques)
- 1 May Labour Day (Fête du Travail)
- 8 May WWII Victory Day (Fête de la Victoire 1945)
- 21 May 2020 – Ascension Day (Ascension catholique)
- 1 June 2020 – Whit Monday (Lundi de Pentecôte)
- 14 July Bastille Day (Fête Nationale)
- 15 August – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Assomption)
- 1 November – All Saints’ Day (Toussaint)
- 11 November – Armistice Day (Armistice 1918)
- 25 December– Christmas Day (Noël)
If the public holiday is on a Friday or Monday then you will find that some shops/businesses close for a long weekend.
Travel by Train/TGV -book tickets within France or from UK, Germany,Holland and elsewhere in Europe through to every French Railway station with Rail Europe
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