Public Holidays
1st January – New Year’s Day (Jour de l’An)
Moveable – Easter (Pâques) – Sunday, date varies
Moveable – Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques) – Monday after Easter
1st May – Labor Day (Fête du Travail)
8th May – V-E Day (Victoire 1945) – End of WW II
Moveable – Ascension Day (Ascension) – Thursday, 40 days after Easter
Moveable – Pentecost (Pentecôte) – Seventh Sunday after Easter
Moveable – Whit Monday (Lundi de Pentecôte) – Monday after Pentecost
14th July – Bastille Day (Fête Nationale) – National Day
15th August – Assumption of Mary (Assomption)
1st November – All Saints Day (Toussaint)
11th November – Veterans Day, Armistice Day, Remembrance Day (Armistice 1918) – End of WW I
25th December – Christmas Day (Noël)