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Public and school holidays 2005

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

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