French public and school holidays 2008/2009
Tuesday 1 January - New Year's Day
Sunday 23 March - Easter
Monday 24 March - Easter Monday
Thursday 1 May - Labour Day (Fête du Travail) and Ascension Day
Thursday 8 May - VE Day - WWII Victory Day
Sunday 11 May - Whit Sunday
Monday 12 May - Whit Sunday
Monday 14 July - Bastille Day
Friday 15 August - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Saturday 1 November - All Saints' Day
Tuesday 11 November - Armistice Day
Thursday 25 December - Christmas Day
French public holidays / national holidays in 2009
Thursday 1 January - New Year's Day
Sunday 12 April - Easter
Monday 12 April - Easter Monday
Friday 1 May - Labour Day
Friday 8 May - VE Day - WWII Victory Day
Thursday 21 May - Ascension Day
Sunday 31 May - Whit Sunday
Monday 1 June - Whit Sunday
Tuesday 14 July - Bastille Day
Saturday 15 August - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Sunday 1 November - All Saints' Day
Wednesday 11 November - Armistice Day
Friday 25 December - Christmas Day
French school holidays in Zone A
Zone A covers:
Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand)
Brittany (Rennes)
Languedoc-Roussillon (Montpellier)
Lorraine (Nancy / Metz)
Lower Normandy (Caen)
Midi-Pyrenees (Toulouse)
Pays de la Loire (Nantes)
Rhone-Alpes (Lyon / Grenoble)
2008 holidays
16/02/08 to 02/03/08 - Winter holiday
12/04/08 to 27/04/08 - Spring holiday
03/07/08 to 01/09/08 - Summer holiday
25/10/08 to 05/11/08 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
20/12/08 - 04/01/09 - Christmas holiday
2009 holidays
07/02/09 to 22/02/09 - Winter holiday
04/04/09 to 19/04/09 - Spring holiday
02/07/09 to 01/09/09 - Summer holiday
24/10/09 to 04/11/09 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
19/12/09 - 03/01/10 - Christmas holiday
French school holidays in Zone B
Zone B covers:
Alsace (Strasbourg)
Burgundy (Dijon)
Centre (Orléans / Tours)
Champagne-Ardenne (Reims)
Franche-Comté (Besançon)
Limousin (Limoges)
Nord-Pas-de-Calais (Lille)
Picardy (Amiens)
Poitou-Charentes (Poitiers)
Provence Cote d'Azur (Aix-Marseille / Nice)
Upper Normandy (Rouen)
2008 holidays
09/02/08 to 24/02/08 - Winter holiday
05/04/08 to 20/04/08 - Spring holiday
03/07/08 to 01/09/08 - Summer holiday
25/10/08 to 05/11/08 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
20/12/08 - 04/01/09 - Christmas holiday
2009 holidays
21/02/09 to 08/03/09 - Winter holiday
18/04/09 to 03/05/09 - Spring holiday
02/07/09 to 01/09/09 - Summer holiday
24/10/09 to 04/11/09 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
19/12/09 - 03/01/10 - Christmas holiday
French school holidays in Zone C
Zone C covers:
Aquitaine (Bordeaux)
Paris Ile-de-France (Créteil / Paris / Versailles)
2008 holidays
23/02/08 to 09/03/08 - Winter holiday
19/04/08 to 04/05/08 - Spring holiday
03/07/08 to 01/09/08 - Summer holiday
25/10/08 to 05/11/08 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
20/12/08 - 04/01/09 - Christmas holiday
2009 holidays
14/02/09 to 01/03/09 - Winter holiday
11/04/09 to 26/04/09 - Spring holiday
02/07/09 to 01/09/09 - Summer holiday
24/10/09 to 04/11/09 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
19/12/09 - 03/01/10 - Christmas holiday
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