HOLIDAY. After All Saints Day, November 11 of the Armistice and the Christmas holiday to close the year 2022. Find our school calendar and consult the list of dates of public holidays in 2022-2023.
[Mis à jour le 2 novembre 2022 à 11h36] The next public holiday to tick in the 2022 calendar is Friday, November 11, 2022which commemorates the Armistice of the First World War in 1918. This day off for many people will allow a long weekend of 3 days and will be the ideal opportunity to meet up with family, to follow in the footsteps of the Armistice from November 11th 1918 or hanging out in the shops to redo your wardrobe as winter approaches, or even start scouting out gifts from Christmas !
Because Christmas Day is fast approaching. But 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.
When are the next public holidays in France in 2022?
From November 11, 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:
- Friday, November 11, 2022 : 1918 Armistice
- Sunday, December 25, 2022 : Christmas
Every year, on November 1, which corresponds to the Christian feast of the Toussaint, and the November 11, which corresponds to the Armistice of 1918, are public holidays. All Saints Day was celebrated on Tuesday November 1st. L’Armistice of 1918 will fall on a Friday, November 11, which allows for a three-day long weekend!
The Christmas holiday, the only holiday of the month, falls on the weekend this year 2022, on Sunday December 25.
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
What day to ask according to public holidays to make the bridge in 2023?
There will be only one bridge possible in the 2022-2023 school holiday calendar, thanks to Ascension Thursday on May 18, 2023. You will be able to pose on Friday May 19 knowing that students will not There will be no class on Friday May 19 and Saturday May 20, according to the official calendar of the Ministry of National Education.
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.
Download the 2022-2023 school calendar with public holidays (PDF)
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What are the 2022-2023 public holidays?
From November 11, 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 | ||
| 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 |
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 1st falls on a usual rest day in the company (for example, a Sunday), it will not be paid and it does not entitle you to additional rest.