FRENCH HOLIDAYS IN 2017

French National Holidays in 2017

On many of these holidays, French people take the day off work and you can expect to find banks, Post Offices and municipal buildings closed. Shops, restaurants and other private businesses normally remain open, depending on the season and the village. Thank you to Expatica.com for this list:

  • January 1: New Year's Day (Jour de l'an)

  • April 14: Good Friday – applicable only to Alsace and Moselle/Lorraine.

  • April 17: Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques)

  • May 1: Labour Day (Fête du premier mai)

  • May 8: WWII Victory Day (Fête du huitième mai or Jour de la Victoire 45)

  • May 25: Ascension Day (Jour de l'Ascension, 40 days after Easter)

  • June 5: Whit Monday – also known as Pentecost Monday (Lundi de Pentecôte).

  • July 14: Bastille Day (Fête nationale)

  • August 15: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Assomption)

  • November 1: All Saints Day (La Toussaint)

  • November 11: Armistice Day (Jour d'armistice)

  • December 25: Christmas Day (Noël)

  • December 26: Boxing Day/St Stephen's Day (Deuxième jour de Noël): applicable only to Alsace and Moselle/Lorraine.

Some other important dates:

  • March 26: Clocks go forward one hour as daylight saving time (DST) starts.

  • April 1: April Fool’s Day (Poisson d'Avril)

  • May 28: Mother’s day (last Sunday in May)

  • June 18: Father’s day (third Sunday in June)

  • October 29: Clocks go back one hour (DST ends).

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