France public holidays 2026

France 2026

The calendar above is already set to France holidays for 2026, ready to download as a PDF. Below is the full list, the weekday each holiday falls on, and the long weekends they create.

How holidays work in France

All 11 public holidays

DateDayHoliday
January 1ThursdayNew Year's Day
April 6MondayEaster Monday
May 1FridayLabour Day
May 8FridayVictory in Europe Day
May 14ThursdayAscension Day
May 25MondayWhit Monday
July 14TuesdayBastille Day
August 15SaturdayAssumption Day
November 1SundayAll Saints' Day
November 11WednesdayArmistice Day
December 25FridayChristmas Day

These are the dates as officially observed. Where a country moves a day off because the holiday itself falls at a weekend, the moved date is the one shown, which is why a date here can differ from the traditional one.

Long weekends in 2026

Stretches of three or more days off in a row, counting weekends and nationwide public holidays together. Holidays that apply only to some regions are left out, since they would not give most people the day off.

DatesDaysBecause of
April 4 – April 63Easter Monday
May 1 – May 33Labour Day
May 8 – May 103Victory in Europe Day
May 23 – May 253Whit Monday
December 25 – December 273Christmas Day

Holidays that fall at a weekend

2 holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2026, and France does not shift them to a weekday:

Print it

The generator at the top of this page marks every holiday listed here. The calendar language is a separate setting, so you can print France holidays with month names in any of 58 languages — or switch the holidays off and keep a plain calendar.

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