Thursday 1 January - New Year's Day (Jour de l'An)

Sunday 12 April - Easter (Pâques)

Monday 13 April - Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques)

Friday 1 May - Labour Day (Fête du Travail)

Friday 8 May - VE Day - WWII Victory Day (Fête de la Victoire 1945)

Thursday 21 May - Ascension Day (Ascension catholique)

Sunday 31 May - Whit Sunday (Pentecôte)

Monday 1 June - Whit Sunday (Lundi de Pentecôte)

Tuesday 14 July - Bastille Day (Fête nationale)

Saturday 15 August - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Assomption)

Sunday 1 November - All Saints' Day (Toussaint)

Wednesday 11 November - Armistice Day (Armistice 1918)

Friday 25 December - Christmas Day (Noël)