Gites in FranceFrench Bank & School Holidays
By Howard • Jul 15th, 2008 • Category: TourismSchool Holidays
Dates for the French school holidays for 2008 & 2009. Please note school holidays in France vary depending on the region.
The country is broken down into the following zones:
– Zone A includes Caen, Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble, Lyon, Montpellier, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Rennes and Toulouse
– Zone B includes Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Besançon, Dijon, Lille, Limoges, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Poitiers, Reims, Rouen, and Strasbourg
– Zone C includes Bordeaux, Créteil, Paris, and Versailles.
| Zone A | Zone B | Zone C | |
| Teachers’ back to school | Monday, September 1st, 2008 | Monday, September 1st, 2008 | Monday, September 1st, 2008 |
| Back to school date for pupils | Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 | Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 | Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 |
| All Saints’ Holidays | Saturday, October 25th – Thursday, November 6th, 2008 | Saturday, October 25th – Thursday, November 6th, 2008 | Saturday, October 25th – Thursday, November 6th, 2008 |
| Christmas | Saturday, December 20th – Monday, January 5th, 2009 | Saturday, December 20th – Monday, January 5th, 2009 | Saturday, December 20th – Monday, January 5th, 2009 |
| Winter Holidays | Saturday, February 7th – Monday, February 23rd, 2009 | Saturday, February 21st – Monday, March 9th, 2009 | Saturday, February 14th – Monday, March 2nd, 2009 |
| Spring Holidays | Saturday, April 4th – Monday, April 20th, 2009 | Saturday, April 18th – Wednesday, May 4th, 2009 | Saturday, April 11th – Monday, April 27th, 2009 |
| Start of summer break | Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 | Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 | Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 |
French Bank Holidays 2009
On the following days, all administrative offices, banks and shops are generally closed:
– Saturday, November 1st, 2008: All Saints’ Day
– Tuesday, November 11th, 2008: Remembrance Day
– Thursday, December 25th, 2008: Christmas
– Thursday, January 1st, 2009: New Year’s Day
– Monday, April 13th, 2009: Easter
– Friday, May 1st, 2009: Labour Day
– Friday, May 8th, 2009: Victory Day
– Thursday, May 21st, 2009: Ascension Day
– Tuesday, July 14th, 2009: Bastille Day
– Saturday, August 15th, 2009: Assumption
– Wednesday, November 11th, 2009: Remembrance Day
– Friday, December 25th, 2009: Christmas
Resource – France Guide
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