HOLIDAY. This Tuesday, November 1, All Saints’ Day, is celebrated the “Day of the Dead”, a public holiday in the French calendar. What are the next public holidays in 2022-2023?
[Mis à jour le 31 octobre 2022 à 18h45] In the calendar for the year 2022, there are now only 3 public holidays left: All Saints’ Day, the 1918 Armistice and Christmas. All Saints Day, which falls on Tuesday November 1, 2022, is a special day in the French calendar. This holiday is dedicated to honoring the saints and martyrs of the faith. Traditionally, this day is intended in France to visit our deceased loved ones and to place a bouquet on their graves.
Then will come the holiday of theArmistice of 1918, which falls on Friday, November 11 and will allow for a 3-day extended weekend. If Christmas is a public holiday, it will unfortunately fall on a Sunday this year, December 25, 2022. And then, what are the public holidays in 2023 in France? As usual, there will be 11 of them. Consult below the list of the next public holidays for the year 2022 then all the public holidays in 2023 and download our calendar of School vacation 2022-2023 with public holidays.
Every year, on November 1, which corresponds to the Christian feast of the Toussaintand the November 11th, which corresponds to the Armistice of 1918, are public holidays. All Saints’ Day will be celebrated on Tuesday November 1, 2022 and will be an opportunity to bridge from Saturday October 29 to Tuesday November 1. L’Armistice of 1918 will fall on a Friday, November 11, which allows for a three-day long weekend!
The holiday of Christmasthe only public holiday of the month, falls on the weekend this year 2022, on Sunday, December 25.
Are there bridges in 2022? What days to ask according to public holidays?
- November 2022 : the public holiday of Tuesday November 1 (Toussaint) is an opportunity to take a day, Monday October 31, to make the bridge from Saturday October 29 to Tuesday November 1, 2022.
- December 2022 : the Christmas holiday unfortunately falls on a Sunday… No occasion possible for this end of the year!
When are the next public holidays in France in 2022?
From All Saints Day 2022 to Christmas Day 2022, find all the dates of public holidays in France in 2022, with the corresponding day of the week, in our list below:
- Tuesday, November 1, 2022 : Toussaint
- Friday, November 11, 2022 : 1918 Armistice
- Sunday, December 25, 2022 : Christmas
Consult the dates of the 11 public holidays in 2023 in France, in order to better plan long weekends and possible bridges:
- Sunday January 1, 2023 : New Year’s Day
- Monday, April 10, 2023 : Easter Monday
- Monday, May 1, 2023 : Labor Day
- Monday, May 8, 2023 : Armistice 1945
- Thursday, May 18, 2023 : Ascent
- Monday, May 29, 2023 : Pentecost Monday
- Friday, July 14, 2023 : National Holiday
- Tuesday, August 15, 2023 : Assumption
- Wednesday, November 1, 2023 : Toussaint
- Saturday November 11, 2023 : 1918 Armistice
- Monday, December 25, 2023 : Christmas
The official calendar for the 2022-2023 school year contains, in addition to the 5 traditional vacation periods by zone, the dates of public holidays in France.
What are the 2022-2023 public holidays?
From Assumption 2022 to Christmas Day 2023, find all the dates of public holidays in France in 2022-2023, with the corresponding day of the week, in our list below:
| Holiday | Date | Day of the week |
|---|---|---|
| Source: Linternaute.com | ||
| Toussaint | November 1, 2022 | tuesday |
| Armistice of 1918 | November 11, 2022 | Friday |
| Christmas | December 25, 2022 | sunday |
| New Year’s Day 2023 | January 1, 2023 | sunday |
| Easter Monday | April 10, 2023 | Monday |
| labor Day | May 1, 2023 | Monday |
| Armistice 1945 | May 8, 2023 | Monday |
| Ascent | May 18, 2023 | Thursday |
| Pentecost | May 29, 2023 | Monday |
| National Holiday | July 14, 2023 | Friday |
| Assumption | August 15, 2023 | tuesday |
| Toussaint | November 1, 2023 | Wednesday |
| Armistice of 1918 | November 11, 2023 | Saturday |
| Christmas | December 25, 2023 | Monday |
Download the 2022-2023 school calendar with public holidays (PDF)
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How many public holidays are there in France each year?
Public holidays commemorate a civil or religious holiday or a significant event, the list of which is defined by the Labor Code. In France, the year has 11 public holidays, compared to 10 in Belgium, 12 in Spain and 9 in Germany. In Europe, Cypriots have the most public holidays with 15 days per year. Conversely, in the United Kingdom, there are only 8. These dates have been determined according to the history and culture of the country. There are therefore two types of public holidays, civil and religious. There are 5 civil holidays: New Year’s Day since the 1st Empire in 1810, May 1 (Labor Day) declared non-working in 1919, May 8 commemorating the surrender of Germany, July 14 celebrating the capture of the Bastille and who has been unemployed since July 6, 1880, and November 11, World War I Armistice Day. And 6 religious holidays: Assumption, Ascension, All Saints, Christmas, Pentecost and Easter are the 6 religious holidays in France. The first four became public holidays from 1802 following the signing of the Concordat between Bonaparte and the papacy. Easter Monday and Pentecost Monday were added in 1886. Note: there are some local particularities: in Alsace-Moselle, Good Friday and December 26 are also public holidays and in the overseas departments, the abolition of slavery.
Are public holidays paid?
May 1, Labor Day, is in France the only day that companies must have a day off and be paid for (but there may be professions that make exceptions.) For other public holidays, the law provides that when day n is not working in a company, the employee must be paid from 3 months of seniority. If the public holiday is worked, the employer is not obliged to remunerate his employee more, on the other hand certain collective agreements provide for an increase. It is therefore advisable to consult your collective agreement to find out your situation. With regard to bridges, there is no obligation for the employer to grant them. If the collective agreement does not specify this feature, the employer remains free to decide. In any case, he is not forced to pay his employee that day. On the other hand, the employer can impose a bridge on the employees.
Is a public holiday a day off?
A public holiday is not necessarily a day off (not worked). The employer has the right to ask his employee to work on a public holiday, with the exception of May 1, Labor Day. Indeed, May 1st is the only compulsory public holiday for all employees of all companies in France. It is therefore necessarily non-working and paid unlike other public holidays. But if May 1 falls on a usual rest day in the company (like this Sunday, May 1, 2022), it will not be paid and it does not give rise to the right to additional rest.