French public holidays
in 2006
Sunday 1 January -
New Year's Day (Jour de l'an)
Sunday 16 April -
Easter (Pâques)
Monday 17 April -
Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques)
Monday 1 May -
Labour Day (Fête du Travail)
Monday 8 May -
VE Day - WWII Victory Day (Fête de la
Victoire 1945)
Thursday 25 May -
Ascension Day (Ascension catholique)
Sunday 4 June -
Whit Sunday (Pentecôte)
Friday 14 July -
Bastille Day (Fête nationale)
Tuesday 15 August -
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Assomption)
Wednesday 1 November
- All Saints' Day (Toussaint)
Saturday 11 November
- Armistice Day (Armistice 1918)
Monday 25 December -
Christmas Day (Noël)
French school holidays in 2006 (Zone A)
Zone A covers:
Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand)
Brittany (Rennes)
Languedoc-Roussillon (Montpellier)
Lorraine (Nancy / Metz)
Lower Normandy (Caen)
Midi-Pyrenees (Toulouse)
Pays de la Loire (Nantes)
Rhone-Alpes (Lyon / Grenoble)
18/02/06 to
06/03/06 - Winter holiday
22/04/06 to
09/05/06 - Spring holiday
04/07/06 to
01/09/06 - Summer holiday
25/10/06 to
06/11/06 - Toussaint holiday (All
Saints) - Autumn holiday
23/12/06 -
08/01/07 - Christmas holiday
French school holidays in 2006 (Zone B)
Zone B covers:
Alsace (Strasbourg)
Burgundy (Dijon)
Centre (Orléans / Tours)
Champagne-Ardenne (Reims)
Franche-Comté (Besançon)
Limousin (Limoges)
Nord-Pas-de-Calais (Lille)
Picardy (Amiens)
Poitou-Charentes (Poitiers)
Provence Cote d'Azur (Aix-Marseille / Nice)
Upper Normandy (Rouen)
11/02/06 to
27/02/06 - Winter holiday
15/04/06 to
02/05/06 - Spring holiday
04/07/06 to
01/09/06 - Summer holiday
25/10/06 to
06/11/06 - Toussaint holiday (All
Saints) - Autumn holiday
23/12/06 -
08/01/07 - Christmas holiday
French school holidays in 2006 (Zone C)
Zone C covers:
Aquitaine (Bordeaux)
Paris Ile-de-France (Créteil / Paris / Versailles)
04/02/06 to
20/02/06 - Winter holiday
08/04/06 to
24/04/06 - Spring holiday
04/07/06 to
01/09/06 - Summer holiday
25/10/06 to
06/11/06 - Toussaint holiday (All
Saints) - Autumn holiday
23/12/06 -
08/01/07 - Christmas holiday
