French Public Holidays

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)