When are the holidays in 2025? Will public holidays allow you to enjoy long weekends, knowing that some fall on a Thursday or Saturday? Here is the vacation and public holiday schedule for 2025.
In France, 11 days are legally public holidays (there are even 13, if you live in Alsace). This year, with the exception of All Saints' Day, all public holidays fall on a weekday. Here is the list of public holidays for 2025:
– New Year's Day : Wednesday January 1st
– Easter Monday : Monday April 21
– Labor Day : Thursday May 1st
– Victory of 1945 (Armistice) : Thursday May 8
– Ascension : Thursday May 29
– Pentecost Monday : Monday June 9
– National holiday : Monday July 14
– Assumption : Friday August 15
– Toussaint : Saturday November 1st
– Armistice of 1918 : Tuesday November 11
– Noël : Thursday December 25
Bridges in 2025
The year 2025 offers ten public holidays in the middle of the week, allowing many bridges by taking one or two days off. Here are five opportunities to enjoy a long vacation :
– 11 consecutive days with five days off (Thursday May 1 to Sunday May 11): combine the Labor Day and Victory Day 1945 holidays.
– 12 consecutive days with six days off (from Thursday May 29 to Monday June 9): take advantage of the Ascension and Pentecost Monday public holidays.
– 9 consecutive days with four days off (from Saturday 8 to Sunday 16 November): around the Armistice of 1918.
– 9 consecutive days with four days off (from Saturday December 20 to Sunday December 28): around Christmas.
– 8 consecutive days with four days off (from Thursday December 25, 2025 to Thursday January 1, 2026): between Christmas and New Year.
School holidays in 2025
Here is the calendar of school holidays in 2025 in mainland France. As a reminder, the school calendar in mainland France is divided into three zones:
– 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
For the specificities of the French Overseas Territories, consult the government website.
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