France public holidays 2028

France 2028

The calendar above is already set to France holidays for 2028, 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 1SaturdayNew Year's Day
April 17MondayEaster Monday
May 1MondayLabour Day
May 8MondayVictory in Europe Day
May 25ThursdayAscension Day
June 5MondayWhit Monday
July 14FridayBastille Day
August 15TuesdayAssumption Day
November 1WednesdayAll Saints' Day
November 11SaturdayArmistice Day
December 25MondayChristmas 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 2028

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 15 – April 173Easter Monday
April 29 – May 13Labour Day
May 6 – May 83Victory in Europe Day
June 3 – June 53Whit Monday
July 14 – July 163Bastille Day
December 23 – December 253Christmas Day

Holidays that fall at a weekend

2 holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2028, 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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