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France Public Holidays 2022

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This page contains the list of France 2022 official public holidays, bank holidays, government holidays, non-working national holidays, and sectorial holidays. The public holidays listing on this page is also accessible via our free Android and iPhone/iPad mobile apps. The full qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, and beyond, is available immediately, with a professional license.

The list of France official public holidays in 2022 is:

Date	Weekday	Public Holiday	Observance
Jan 1	Saturday	New Year's Day
Apr 15	Friday	Good Friday (57 67 68)	regional
Apr 18	Monday	Easter Monday
May 1	Sunday	Labour Day
May 8	Sunday	Victory Day (Armistice 1945)
May 26	Thursday	Ascension Day
June 6	Monday	Whit Monday
July 14	Thursday	Quatorze Juillet (National Day)
Aug 15	Monday	Assumption Day
Nov 1	Tuesday	All Saints' Day
Nov 11	Friday	Armistice Day
Dec 25	Sunday	Christmas Day
Dec 26	Monday	Saint Stephen's Day (57 67 68)	regional

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Recent France Public Holidays News and Updates

Below is a list of recent news and updates related to France public holidays, national holidays, government holidays and bank holidays (note that this newsfeed is delayed by 30 days).

2022-04-01: France Presidential Candidate Proposes Declaring Another Annual Public Holiday
2019-04-20: France Mulls Cancelling Another Public Holiday
2015-02-14: France Votes Public Holidays Amendment
2014-09-15: France Business Wants to Ax 2 Public Holidays
2013-02-22: France Regional Public Holidays Maintained
2012-06-29: France's HR Wants 3 Christian Public Holidays Cut
2012-02-20: France Armistice Public Holiday Amended
2012-01-12: France Public Holidays Electioneering
2011-04-05: France Considering Another Working Public Holiday
2008-11-10: France's May 8 Public Holiday Back To The Fore
2008-05-12: France's Parliament To Debate May 9th Public Holiday
2008-03-24: France Recognizes Shavuot As An Official Holiday
2008-01-29: France Restores Whit Monday Public Holiday
2007-12-19: France's Whit Monday Public Holiday Back In The Limelight
2007-05-24: France's Whit Monday Public Holiday Observance To Remain As Is
2007-05-07: France's Whit Monday Public Holiday Unlikely To Return
2007-04-07: France Whit Monday Public Holiday Update
2006-10-25: France Public Holidays News Update
2004-02-02: France Whitmonday Public Holiday Officially Cancelled
2003-11-06: France To Cancel Whitmonday Public Holiday
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Global Holidays Observed in France

Below is the list of global holidays observed as non-working public holidays in France, with the dates of these global holidays for the next 10 years (2022-2032).

France Background Information and Links

France Regional Abbreviations

Below is a list of the France regional abbreviations, used for regional public holidays, in the table above.