This national overview identifies holiday occasions. Public holiday dates, substitute days and school calendars depend on the country or region. Use your jurisdiction calendar for closures and countdowns.
Choose your jurisdiction for public holidays, substitute dates, local exceptions and school calendars.
Ascension Day in France. Regional coverage: Bas-Rhin, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Haut-Rhin, Martinique, Mayotte, Metropolitan France - general calendar, Moselle, Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin. French statutory holiday. May Day has special employment protection; other days off and the solidarity day depend on the applicable arrangements. Bridges are not public holidays.
2026: 2026-05-14.
2027: 2027-05-06.
2028: 2028-05-25. Provisional dates are present.
France has eleven national statutory holidays. Alsace-Moselle adds 26 December; Good Friday applies only in communes meeting the official church criterion. Overseas abolition commemorations use the territory's own date. May Day has particular employment protections, while other holidays and the solidarity day depend on the applicable arrangements. A bridge between a holiday and a weekend is not automatically a public holiday.
Additional and substitute dates are separate entries. Local and sector-only holidays apply only to the areas or institutions specified.
Public · regional coverage · Estimated / awaiting confirmation
French statutory holiday. May Day has special employment protection; other days off and the solidarity day depend on the applicable arrangements. Bridges are not public holidays. Official source
Public · regional coverage · Estimated / awaiting confirmation
French statutory holiday. May Day has special employment protection; other days off and the solidarity day depend on the applicable arrangements. Bridges are not public holidays. Official source
Public · regional coverage · Estimated / awaiting confirmation
French statutory holiday. May Day has special employment protection; other days off and the solidarity day depend on the applicable arrangements. Bridges are not public holidays. Official source
Public · regional coverage · Estimated / awaiting confirmation
French statutory holiday. May Day has special employment protection; other days off and the solidarity day depend on the applicable arrangements. Bridges are not public holidays. Official source
Public · regional coverage · Estimated / awaiting confirmation
French statutory holiday. May Day has special employment protection; other days off and the solidarity day depend on the applicable arrangements. Bridges are not public holidays. Official source
Public · regional coverage · Estimated / awaiting confirmation
French statutory holiday. May Day has special employment protection; other days off and the solidarity day depend on the applicable arrangements. Bridges are not public holidays. Official source
Public · regional coverage · Estimated / awaiting confirmation
French statutory holiday. May Day has special employment protection; other days off and the solidarity day depend on the applicable arrangements. Bridges are not public holidays. Official source
Public · regional coverage · Estimated / awaiting confirmation
French statutory holiday. May Day has special employment protection; other days off and the solidarity day depend on the applicable arrangements. Bridges are not public holidays. Official source
Public · regional coverage · Estimated / awaiting confirmation
French statutory holiday. May Day has special employment protection; other days off and the solidarity day depend on the applicable arrangements. Bridges are not public holidays. Official source
Public · regional coverage · Estimated / awaiting confirmation
French statutory holiday. May Day has special employment protection; other days off and the solidarity day depend on the applicable arrangements. Bridges are not public holidays. Official source
Public · regional coverage · Estimated / awaiting confirmation
French statutory holiday. May Day has special employment protection; other days off and the solidarity day depend on the applicable arrangements. Bridges are not public holidays. Official source
Missing entries do not establish that a jurisdiction has no holiday. Check its calendar for pending official dates and local exceptions.
Ascension commemorates the Ascension of Jesus and falls on the Thursday 39 days after Easter Sunday. Its position in France’s calendar is therefore movable but deterministic.
French statutory holiday. May Day has special employment protection; other days off and the solidarity day depend on the applicable arrangements. Bridges are not public holidays.
Bank hours and settlement calendars require the institution's own notice. A public-holiday occurrence does not establish every branch's opening hours.
Check the education authority and school calendar for term dates, vacations and institution-specific closures.
Check the actual date, region and confirmation status shown here before arranging travel or leave. Local-only occurrences are not a nationwide closure.
2026: 2026-05-14. 2027: 2027-05-06. 2028: 2028-05-25. Provisional dates are present.
Regional coverage: Bas-Rhin, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Haut-Rhin, Martinique, Mayotte, Metropolitan France - general calendar, Moselle, Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin. French statutory holiday. May Day has special employment protection; other days off and the solidarity day depend on the applicable arrangements. Bridges are not public holidays.
Dates marked provisional await confirmation. No additional or substitute holiday is inferred without dated support.
www.service-public.gouv.fr: Public holiday dates and applicability