The calendar above already shades the school breaks of France for 2027 — pick your own region in the sidebar, since dates differ across the 16 régions. Below are the exact dates, region by region.
Quick answers
What is the longest school break in France in 2027?
The Christmas Holidays: 15 days, December 20, 2026 to January 3 where it applies.
How many school-break days does France have in 2027?
Between 35 and 105 days, depending on the region — counting only regions with published dates.
How school holidays work in France
France sets dates nationally but in three rotating zones (A, B and C), so Lyon, Paris and Toulouse take their winter and spring breaks in different weeks. The tables below list the dates per région, as the source records them.
Christmas and the summer are common to all zones; it is the February and April breaks that rotate. For summer the source records the end of lessons in early July rather than a dated range — classes resume at the rentrée on 1 September.
Corsica and the overseas territories publish their own calendars, which can differ from the mainland zones.
Dates by region
Every break below is listed under each region it applies to. The print link next to a region opens the generator with that region's breaks shaded.
Dates come from each country's official school-calendar publications, collected by the open-data OpenHolidays project, and cover public schools. Ministries publish year by year, so a future year can be partial until its calendar is announced; individual schools can also add their own in-service days. Treat this as the official frame and the school's own calendar as final. Dates last checked against the source on 2026-08-27.
Looking for the United States, United Kingdom, Canada or Australia? Their dates are set by school districts, local authorities or state education departments rather than published as one national table — those pages explain how each system works and what to print instead. The school-year calendar (August to July on one page) works for any district once you pencil in your own dates.
Print it
The generator on this page shades every break listed here for the region you pick, on top of the public holidays, moon phases and week numbers you can already turn on. The PDF is free, with no watermark and no sign-up.
