Holidays in France
The set of french holidays includes some of the major international celebrations such as Christmas, Labor Day and All Saints’ Day. But holidays, dedicated to the history of France, have a very special place not only in the Holiday Calendar of the country but in the hearts of the French people and are woven tightly into their overall cultural identity. The most notable such holiday is the Bastille Day. Here is the list of all Holidays in France.
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February 2023
March 2023
April 2023
Monday 17 April -
Malbec World Day (Malbec is a purple grape variety used in making red wine. MWD is celebrated to commemorate the day when president Domingo Faustino Sarmiento of Argentina officially made it his mission to transform Argentina's wine industry. On that day, back in 1853, he tasked Michel Aimé Pouget, a French soil expert, to bring over new vines)
May 2023
Tuesday 9 May -
Europe Day (is the name of two annual observance days, 5 May by the Council of Europe and 9 May by the European Union, which recognize the peace and prosperity within Europe that both have achieved since their formation)
Sunday 28 May -
Mother's Day in France (also Algeria, Dominican Republic. First Sunday of June, if Pentecost occurs on this day, Haiti, Mauritius, Morocco, Sweden, Tunisia; celebrated on the last Sunday in May)
June 2023
Friday 2 June -
International Sex Workers Day (In 1975, on 2nd June, about 100 sex workers occupied Saint-Nizier Church in Lyon, France, to express their anger about their criminalised and exploitative living conditions. On 10th June at 5 o'clock the Church was brutally raided and cleared by police forces. This action sparked a national movement, and the day is now celebrated in Europe and around the world)
Sunday 18 June -
Father's Day (Ñelebrated on the third Sunday of June øò Argentina, Aruba, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Kenya, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, Peru, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Venezuela, United Kingdom);
Call for Resistance in France (in honor of the call for resistance made by General de Gaulle on the radio from London in 1940)
July 2023
Tuesday 18 July -
St. Arnulf’s Day in France (Arnulf was the Frankish bishop of Metz and lived in about 582-640 years. Three legends are associated with him: about the ring that returned to him, about the fire that receded from him and about the beer that was given to him, to quench the thirst of pilgrims)
August 2023
Tuesday 15 August -
Acadia National Festival;
Feast day of the Assumption of Mary (Christian feast day, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Monaco, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu);
Twins Day in Pleucadeuc (Morbihan, France. Deux et plus)
Sunday 20 August -
Sanofi S.A. Day (We are an innovative global healthcare company, driven by one purpose: we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives)
September 2023
October 2023
November 2023
Monday 13 November -
Memorial Day of Abbon from Fleury (he was a monk of the Benedictine order, an abbot of the Fleury monastery in France, a prominent church and political figure, a supporter of the Kluni reform, a scholar and encyclopedist of the X century)
December 2023
Saturday 9 December -
Laity Day in France (established on the initiative of L'Observatoire de la laïcité - French advisory committee tasked with assisting the government in upholding and promoting the principle of secularism)
Tuesday 26 December -
St. Stephen's Day (public holiday in Alsace, Austria, Andorra, Catalonia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland)
January 2024
February 2024
Notes:
Fixed public holidays that fall on a Sunday are celebrated on the following Monday. No time off in lieu is granted when a public holiday falls on a Saturday. When a public holiday occurs on a Thursday, the following Friday is often taken as a “pont” (bridge) to create a long weekend.
