French Bank Holidays
The alsace region and the moselle department observe 2 additional days.
French bank holidays. Where a bank holiday falls on a tuesday or a thursday many small businesses will faire le pont make a bridge and take friday or monday off too to make a long weekend. Armistice day is the most revered patriotic holiday of france and commemorates the end of world war first. Fête de la victoire.
Whit monday or lundi de pentecôte. This rarely applies to large shops supermarkets etc many of whom no longer close for most of the public holidays. The entitlement to paid holidays is at the discretion of the employer through either an employment contract or collective bargaining agreement with trade unions.
In 2019 the ascension day was on may 30 in 2020 it will be on may 21. This page contains a national calendar of all 2020 public holidays. Much like good friday and easter monday ascension day too falls on a different date every year.
Good friday alsace and moselle lorraine. 39 days after easter sunday. World war ii victory day fête du huitième.
France officially observes 11 public holidays. Good friday and st stephen s day are observed in alsace and moselle only. Knowing the dates of all the holidays in france can come in handy especially if you re curious about travelling to france to celebrate a particular one such as bastille day on july 14th france s national day and the most widely celebrated.
These dates may be modified as official changes are announced so please check back regularly for updates. There are 11 official public holidays in france. Unlike most countries these holidays do not shift when they fall during a week end which means that the average number of observed public holidays falling on weekdays is 8 7 and ranges from 7 to 10.