Public holidays 2027

Public holidays in France 2027

France has 11 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 7 of them on a working day. None of its public holidays is regional.

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France 2027 at a glance

Nationwide public holidays: 11
Of those, on a working day: 7
Of those, on a weekend: 4
Regional only: 0
Longest break: 3 days (1 January to 3 January)
Bridge days: 2
Most nationwide holidays in: May (4)

The weekend is taken as Saturday and Sunday for the working-day count, the long weekends and the bridge days.

All public holidays in France, 2027

Public holidays in France in 2027, by date
Date	Day	Holiday	Local name	Applies to
1 January	Friday	New Year's Day	Jour de l'an	Nationwide
29 March	Monday	Easter Monday	Lundi de Pâques	Nationwide
1 May	Saturdayweekend	Labour Day	Fête du Travail	Nationwide
6 May	Thursday	Ascension Day	Ascension	Nationwide
8 May	Saturdayweekend	Victory in Europe Day	Victoire 1945	Nationwide
17 May	Monday	Whit Monday	Lundi de Pentecôte	Nationwide
14 July	Wednesday	Bastille Day	Fête nationale	Nationwide
15 August	Sundayweekend	Assumption Day	Assomption	Nationwide
1 November	Monday	All Saints' Day	Toussaint	Nationwide
11 November	Thursday	Armistice Day	Armistice 1918	Nationwide
25 December	Saturdayweekend	Christmas Day	Noël	Nationwide

Source: Nager.Date, checked on 3 November 2026. Regions are ISO 3166-2 codes.

Long weekends and bridge days in France

A long weekend is three or more days off in a row made by a nationwide holiday and the weekend. A bridge day is a working day with a day off on both sides: one leave day there joins a holiday to the weekend, or two holidays to each other.

Long weekends (4)

Friday 1 January to Sunday 3 January 2027: 3 days off, with New Year's Day.
Saturday 27 March to Monday 29 March 2027: 3 days off, with Easter Monday.
Saturday 15 May to Monday 17 May 2027: 3 days off, with Whit Monday.
Saturday 30 October to Monday 1 November 2027: 3 days off, with All Saints' Day.

Bridge days (2)

Friday 7 May: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Thursday 6 May to Sunday 9 May 2027 (next to Ascension Day and Victory in Europe Day).
Friday 12 November: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Thursday 11 November to Sunday 14 November 2027 (next to Armistice Day).

Regional holidays are left out of both lists: they depend on where the employee works.

Regional holidays

Every public holiday in France applies nationwide, so one list covers all employees there.

Add France to your calendar

Download the 2027 calendar (.ics), or paste its address into Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar to subscribe. It holds one all-day event per public holiday and marks none of them as busy.

https://hoursquare.com/public-holidays/france/2027.ics

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