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France Public Holidays 2024

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This page contains the list of France 2024 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 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and beyond, is available immediately, with a professional license.

The list of France official public holidays in 2024 is:

Date	Weekday	Public Holiday	Observance
Jan	Monday	New Year's Day
Mar	Friday	Good Friday (57 67 68)	regional
Apr	Monday	Easter Monday
May	Wednesday	Labour Day
May	Wednesday	Victory Day (Armistice 1945)
May	Thursday	Ascension Day
May	Monday	Whit Monday
July	Sunday	Quatorze Juillet (National Day)
Aug	Thursday	Assumption Day
Nov	Friday	All Saints' Day
Nov	Monday	Armistice Day
Dec	Wednesday	Christmas Day
Dec	Thursday	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).

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
1998-12-09: France Bank Holiday December 24

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 (2021-2031).

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.