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Public Holidays in France, Monaco & Italy

A calendar of the national vacation days when businesses, schools and banks may close and most people get the day off in France, Monaco and Italy. With links to holidays in the UK and US.
The French for: bank holiday/public holiday/legal holiday is un jour férié
  • French organisations and businesses close on public holidays. 
  • Although some shopping centres and grocers open for part of the day, the majority of shops do not. 
  • Police stations and hospitals do not close.
  • When a public holiday falls on a Thursday or Tuesday, it is common practice to "make the bridge" (faire le pont) by taking off the Friday or Monday so creating a very long weekend. When this happens you may find businesses running on short staff or smaller family run business closed for the full period.
National Public Holidays in France 2009
1 January New Year's Day/Nouvel An (Thursday)
12 April Easter Sunday/Paques
13 April Easter Monday/Lundi de Paques
1 May Labour Day/Fête du Travail (Friday)
8 May WWII Victory Day/Fête de la Victoire 1945 (Friday)
21 May Ascension Day (Thursday)
31 May Pentecost (Sunday)
1 June Pentecost Monday Lundi de pentecôte
1 June Pentecost Monday (reinstated for 2008)
14 July Bastille Day, France's national holiday (Tuesday)
15 August Assumption Day (Saturday)
1 November All Saints' Day/Toussaint (Sunday)
11 November   Armistice Day 1918 (Wednesday)
25 December Christmas Day/Noël (Friday)
National Public Holidays in Monaco 2009
1 January New Year's Day/Jour de l'An (Thursday)
27 January Saint-Dévote’s Day (Tuesday)
13 April  Easter Monday/Lundi de Pâques 
1 May Labour Day (Friday)
21 May Ascension Day (Thursday)
1 June Pentecost (Monday)
11 June Corpus Christi/Fête Dieu (Thursday)
15 August Assumption Day (Saturday)
1 November All Saints' Day/Toussaint (Sunday)
2 November Holiday in place of Toussaint on the Sunday (Monday)
19 November Monaco National Day/Fête de S.A.S. le Prince Souverain (Thursday)
8 December Immaculate Conception (Tuesday)
25 December Christmas Day (Friday)
National Public Holidays in Italy 2009
1 January New Year's Day/Capodanno (Thursday)
6 January Epiphany/Epifania (Tuesday)
12 April Easter Sunday
13 April Easter Monday
25 April Liberation Day/Anniversario della Liberazione (Saturday)
1 May Labour Day/Festa del Lavoro (Friday)
2 June Republic's Day/Festa nazionale della Repubblica (Tuesday)
24 June Regional Saint's Day: Feast of St-John the Baptist (Florence, Turin, Genoa only; Wednesday)
15 August Assumption Day/Ferragosto (Saturday)
1 November All Saints' Day/Festa di Tutti i Santi  (Sunday)
8 December Immaculate Conception/Immacolata Concezione (Tuesday)
25 December Christmas Day/Natale (Friday)
26 December St Stephen’s Day/Santo Stefano (Saturday)
  • For more information see the French government website Service Public

  • For the Monaco government's publication of dates: Click here

  • The Ministère du Travail has information on the law as it affects employment and national public holidays: Click here (in French)
National Public Holidays in France 2010
1 January New Year's Day/Nouvel An (Friday)
4 April Easter Sunday/Paques
5 April Easter Monday/Lundi de Paques
1 May Labour Day/Fête du Travail (Saturday)
8 May WWII Victory Day/Fête de la Victoire 1945 (Saturday)
13 May Ascension Day (Thursday)
23 May Pentecost (Sunday)
24 May Pentecost Monday
14 July Bastille Day, France's national holiday (Wednesday)
15 August Assumption Day (Sunday)
1 November All Saints' Day/Toussaint (Monday)
11 November   Armistice Day 1918 (Thursday)
25 December Christmas Day/Noël (Saturday)
Public Holidays Worldwide

For information on public holidays around the world, see the following links:

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