The Christmas school holidays are awaited by thousands of pupils and families. In order to be able to spend the end-of-year holidays together, the dates are the same in all academic areas. Be careful, they are special this year. Details.
[Mise à jour du 24 novembre à 17h04] The Christmas holidays close the most trying period of the school year, since the start of the school year in September. On the other hand, they officially open the holiday season! A festive and joyful fortnight, during which the French get together with their families, not hesitating for the occasion to travel hundreds of kilometers from one end of the country to the other. And it is with this in mind that the start of the school year has been postponed to Tuesday January 3, to let the French recover from the New Year festivities without haste and in all sobriety. Because if the return to school had been maintained on January 2, this would have forced motorists to hit the road the day after New Year’s Eve, Sunday January 1, in a certainly nebulous state… It is therefore “for reasons of road safety” that the Ministry of Education justifies the date of January 3 with our colleagues from Telegram.
What are the dates of the Christmas holidays in 2022 by zone?
The Christmas school holiday dates are the same for all students, whether they are in zone A, B or C. This year, they fall on Saturday December 17, 2022 until Tuesday January 3, 2023, January 1 being February. Students will therefore be released on Friday, December 16. For their resumption in January, they will have a short week of lessons, since they resume school on a Tuesday.
2022 Christmas holiday schedule
Area A | Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon, Poitiers | From Saturday 17 December 2022 to Tuesday 3 January 2023 |
| B-area | Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Caen, Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Rouen, Strasbourg | From Saturday 17 December 2022 to Tuesday 3 January 2023 |
| C-zone | Creteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse, Versailles | From Saturday 17 December 2022 to Tuesday 3 January 2023 |
What are the dates of the Christmas holidays for zone A?
For students of the A-area (Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon, and Poitiers), the Christmas holidays will officially begin on December 17, 2022. Students will resume classes at the start of the following year, on Tuesday January 3, 2023.
What are the dates of the Christmas holidays for zone B?
For zone B (Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Caen, Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Rouen, Strasbourg), the Christmas holidays also take place from Saturday December 17, 2022 to Tuesday January 3, 2023
What are the dates of the Christmas holidays for Zone C?
The pupils of zone C (Créteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse, Versailles), are on vacation like the others from Saturday December 17, 2022 to Tuesday January 3, 2023.