Holiday Overlap
🇫🇷 France Public Holidays 2026
Use this France public holiday calendar to plan travel, payroll, customer support, and European business operations around French national holidays and seasonal slowdowns.
France Holiday Calendar 2026
The table below lists national public holidays for France in 2026, including the observed date, weekday, and whether the date falls on a weekend. Use it as a first planning layer before checking regional, employer-specific, or legal requirements.
| Date | Holiday | Weekend? | Planning note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1Thursday | New Year's Day (Jour de l'an) | No | National public holiday listed for France |
| Apr 6Monday | Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques) | No | National public holiday listed for France |
| May 1Friday | Labour Day (Fête du Travail) | No | National public holiday listed for France |
| May 8Friday | Victory in Europe Day (Victoire 1945) | No | National public holiday listed for France |
| May 14Thursday | Ascension Day (Ascension) | No | National public holiday listed for France |
| May 25Monday | Whit Monday (Lundi de Pentecôte) | No | National public holiday listed for France |
| Jul 14Tuesday | Bastille Day (Fête nationale) | No | National public holiday listed for France |
| Aug 15Saturday | Assumption Day (Assomption) | Yes | National public holiday listed for France |
| Nov 1Sunday | All Saints' Day (Toussaint) | Yes | National public holiday listed for France |
| Nov 11Wednesday | Armistice Day (Armistice 1918) | No | National public holiday listed for France |
| Dec 25Friday | Christmas Day (Noël) | No | National public holiday listed for France |
How to Use This France Holiday Calendar
This page is designed for European project planning, travel timing, payroll calendars, and August availability planning. Start by marking the national public holidays above in your planning calendar, then compare France with the countries where your colleagues, customers, vendors, or travel partners are located.
For travelers, public holidays can affect government offices, banks, museums, restaurants, transportation, and hotel demand. A holiday that creates a long weekend can be a great time to experience local celebrations, but it can also mean higher prices and reduced service availability.
For global teams, the most important distinction is between a holiday that only affects France and an overlapping holiday that affects another country at the same time. Country-specific holidays create coverage gaps; overlapping holidays create organization-wide quiet periods that can be useful for maintenance windows or no-deadline weeks.
Regional and Observed-Date Notes
France has a national holiday calendar, but local practice and sector norms can matter. Business activity often slows during bridge days and the August holiday season, even when a date is not a formal public holiday.
Observed dates can also shift when a holiday falls on a weekend or when a government announces a substitute day. For payroll, legal, banking, school, or travel decisions, verify the final date with an official local source or a qualified provider before acting.
Compare France With Other Countries
Use these comparisons to see which France public holidays overlap with another country and which dates are unique to one side of the calendar.
Holiday data is primarily sourced from the Nager.Date open-source holiday database and supplemented with official government calendar references where available. Always verify critical dates with official sources before making business, legal, payroll, or travel decisions.