Public holidays · 2026 and 2027
Public holidays in France 2026
France has 11 public holidays in 2026: 9 on working days and 2 on a weekend. The next one is All Saints' Day on Sunday, November 1, 2026, in 34 days. 12 regions and territories add or change dates of their own: see by region or territory.
Dates as of Monday, September 28, 2026. Source: the open-source holidays library, version 0.105.How 2026 falls in France
Counting Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, 9 of the 11 holiday dates in 2026 fall on a working day and 2 on a weekend.
Counting Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, 9 of the 11 holiday dates in 2026 fall on a working day and 2 on a weekend. The most common weekday for a holiday is Friday, with 3 dates.
Five of the 11 dates land on a Monday or Friday, next to the weekend, so they make a long weekend without using any leave: Easter Monday on Monday, April 6, Labor Day on Friday, May 1, Victory Day on Friday, May 8, Pentecost Monday on Monday, May 25 and Christmas Day on Friday, December 25. Three more holidays sit one working day away from the weekend, so a single day of leave turns each into a four-day break: New Year's Day on Thursday, January 1 (take Friday off), Ascension Day on Thursday, May 14 (take Friday off) and National Day on Tuesday, July 14 (take Monday off).
May is the busiest month, with 4 holiday dates. Five months have no public holiday at all (February, March, June, September and October). The longest stretch between two holidays is 95 days, from New Year's Day on January 1 to Easter Monday on April 6, the natural window for a longer break.
2027 brings 11 public holidays, the same number as 2026. 7 of the 11 dates fall on a working day, and 4 land next to the weekend.
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2026 public holidays in France
| Date | Weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year's Day | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | |
| Friday | Labor Day | |
| Friday | Victory Day | |
| Thursday | Ascension Day | |
| Monday | Pentecost Monday | |
| Tuesday | National Day | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Assumption Day | |
| SundayWeekendNext | All Saints' Day | |
| Wednesday | Armistice Day | |
| Friday | Christmas Day |
2027 public holidays in France
11 holidays on 11 dates.
| Date | Weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Labor Day | |
| Thursday | Ascension Day | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Victory Day | |
| Monday | Pentecost Monday | |
| Wednesday | National Day | |
| SundayWeekend | Assumption Day | |
| Monday | All Saints' Day | |
| Thursday | Armistice Day | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Christmas Day |
By region or territory: regional public holidays 2026
Twelve of the 14 regions and territories add dates of their own to the national 2026 list. Guadeloupe has the most, with 4 extra dates beyond the national calendar. Each card lists only what differs from the national list above: extra 2026 dates, dates on that list the region or territory does not observe, and holidays kept on the same date under a local name.
Alsace
| April 3, Fri | Good Friday |
| December 26, Sat | Saint Stephen's Day |
French Guiana
| June 10, Wed | Abolition of Slavery |
French Polynesia
| March 5, Thu | Missionary Day |
| April 3, Fri | Good Friday |
| November 20, Fri | Matāri'i |
Guadeloupe
| March 12, Thu | Mi-Careme |
| April 3, Fri | Good Friday |
| May 27, Wed | Abolition of Slavery |
| July 21, Tue | Victor Schoelcher Day |
Martinique
| April 3, Fri | Good Friday |
| May 22, Fri | Abolition of Slavery |
| July 21, Tue | Victor Schoelcher Day |
Mayotte
| April 27, Mon | Abolition of Slavery |
Moselle
| April 3, Fri | Good Friday |
| December 26, Sat | Saint Stephen's Day |
New Caledonia
| September 24, Thu | Citizenship Day |
Reunion
| December 20, Sun | Abolition of Slavery |
Saint-Barthélemy
| October 9, Fri | Abolition of Slavery |
Saint-Martin
| May 28, Thu | Abolition of Slavery |
| July 21, Tue | Victor Schoelcher Day |
Wallis and Futuna
| April 28, Tue | Feast of Saint Peter Chanel |
| June 29, Mon | Saints Peter and Paul Day |
| July 29, Wed | Territory Day |
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