France public holidays 2029

France 2029

The calendar above is already set to France holidays for 2029, 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 1MondayNew Year's Day
April 2MondayEaster Monday
May 1TuesdayLabour Day
May 8TuesdayVictory in Europe Day
May 10ThursdayAscension Day
May 21MondayWhit Monday
July 14SaturdayBastille Day
August 15WednesdayAssumption Day
November 1ThursdayAll Saints' Day
November 11SundayArmistice Day
December 25TuesdayChristmas 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 2029

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
March 31 – April 23Easter Monday
May 19 – May 213Whit Monday

Holidays that fall at a weekend

2 holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2029, 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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