Holidays in the Languedoc: French National
Public Holidays: When they fall
Public Holidays in France: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
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New Year's Day
(Jour de l'an) |
1 Jan
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1 Jan
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1 Jan
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1 Jan
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1 Jan
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1 Jan
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Easter
(Pâques) |
8 Apr
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23 Mar
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12 Apr
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4 Apr
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24 Apr
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8 Apr
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Labour Day
(Fête du premier mai) |
1 May
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1 May
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1 May
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1 May
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1 May
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1 May
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WWII Victory Day
(Fête de la Victoire 1945; Fête du huitième mai) |
8 May
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8 May
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8 May
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8 May
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8 May
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8 May
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Ascension
(l'Ascencion) |
17 May
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1 May
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21 May
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13 May
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2 Jun
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17 May
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Pentecost
(la Pentecôte) |
27 May
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11 May
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31 May
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23 May
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12 Jun
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27 May
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Bastille Day
(Fête nationale) |
14 Jul
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14 Jul
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14 Jul
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14 Jul
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14 Jul
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14 Jul
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Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
Mary
(Assomption) |
15 Aug
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15 Aug
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15 Aug
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15 Aug
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15 Aug
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15 Aug
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All Saints Day
(La Toussaint) |
1 Nov
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1 Nov
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1 Nov
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1 Nov
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1 Nov
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1 Nov
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Armistice Day
(Jour d'armistice [1918]) |
11 Nov
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11 Nov
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11 Nov
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11 Nov
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11 Nov
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11 Nov
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Christmas Day
(Noël) |
25 Dec
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25 Dec
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25 Dec
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25 Dec
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25 Dec
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25 Dec
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The following are traditional holidays. Those in bold type
are the eleven Public National Holidays (jours fériés)
in France.
| 1 January |
Jour de l'An |
New Year's Day |
| 6 January |
Epiphanie |
Epiphany - Commemorating the (entirely
unbiblical) arrival of the three kings. |
| 14 February |
Saint-Valentin |
St Valentine's Day |
| 40 days before Easter |
Mardi Gras |
literally "Fat Tuesday" - Shrove Tuesday
or Pancake Day |
| Easter |
Pâques |
The first Sunday after the first full-moon
after the Spring Equinox. |
| 1 April |
Poisson d'Avril |
April Fool's Day |
| 1 May |
Fête du Travail |
Workers' Day (cf US Labor Day), May Day
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| 8 May |
Fête de la Libération
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(Commemorating the end of WW II in Europe,
1945) |
| 40 days after Easter |
Ascension |
Commemorating the ascension of JC into
heaven, an improbable event tacked onto some fourth century
versions of some gospels. |
| 50 days after Easter |
Pentecôte |
Whit Sunday (Pentecost) |
| 14 July |
Fête nationale |
Bastille Day, commemorating the storming
of the Bastille in 1789. Click on the following link to
learn more about Bastille
Day
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| 15 August |
Assomption |
Commemorating the bodily Assumption (of
the BV Mary into Heaven, despite thousands of her miracle-working
bones still kept in hundreds of Churches) |
| 1 November |
Toussaint |
All Saints' Day - just in case any of them
get forgotten |
| 11 November |
Fête de la Victoire |
Armistice Day (Commemorating the end of
WW I in 1918) |
| 25 December |
Noël |
Christmas Day - a rebranded day of Sol
Invictus, Mithras and other sun gods. |
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