School holidays: the dates of public holidays in 2022

The next school holidays will be those of winter vacation, whose dates differ according to the academies. Students in zone A will be on vacation from Saturday February 12 to Monday February 28, 2022, those in zone B will be on vacation from February 5 to 21 and those in zone C from February 19 to March 7, 2022. Here is the school holidays calendar for the year 2022, as well as dates of the 2022 bridges and public holidays to help you better organize your weekends and family vacations.

What are the dates of public holidays in 2022?

Public holiday dates often fall on weekends this year, others on weekdays, such as Ascension for example, which takes place on Thursday, May 26. Thus, by posing on Friday May 27, you will enjoy a long weekend of 4 days with the family. Ditto for July 14, which falls on a Thursday, or even Tuesday, November 1 for All Saints’ Day, where it is possible to bridge the gap by putting on a Monday. To better organize yourself, here are the next dates of public holidays to come for the year 2022:

• Easter Monday: Monday April 18, 2022
• May 1 (Labor Day): Sunday May 1, 2022
• May 8, 2022 Bridge (Armistice): Sunday May 8, 2022
• Ascension: Thursday, May 26, 2022
• Whit Monday: Monday June 6, 2022.
• National holiday: Thursday July 14, 2022
• Assumption: Monday August 15, 2022
• All Saints’ Day: Tuesday, November 1, 2022
• Armistice 1918: Friday November 11, 2022
• Christmas: Sunday December 25, 2022

School holidays 2022: what are the dates?

Map of zones A, B and C according to the academies

Remember that the school calendar has been modified since January 1, 2016, with new school zones, adapted according to new regions of France. The dates of the school holidays are therefore different depending on the zones A, B and C. To find your way around according to your city, find out, zone by zone, the dates of the school holidays that correspond to your academy.

What are the dates of the 2022 school holidays for zone A?

The zone A corresponds to the cities of: Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon, Poitiers. If you live in one of these cities, your child will therefore have the same dates as all the other students for the back to school in September, the holidays of All Saints, Christmas, as well as the summer holidays. What changes are the dates of the winter holidays 2021, which will take place from Saturday February 6 to Monday February 22, 2021 for the students of the zone A. These will also have different dates for students in zones B and C for spring break (also called Easter break), from Saturday April 10 to Monday April 26, 2021.

What are the dates of the 2022 school holidays for zone B?

You live Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Caen, Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Rouen, or Strasbourg. You are therefore part of the zone B, for which the dates of the school holidays differ somewhat. For the students of these academies, the winter holidays will take place from Saturday February 20 to Monday March 8, 2021. As for the spring holidays, they will begin on Saturday April 24 and end on Monday May 10, 2021. Remember that the dates of the other school holidays are identical for all zones.

What are the dates of the 2022 school holidays in zone C?

The zone C corresponds to the cities of Créteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse, Versailles. If you want to plan your family vacation, now is the time to check this calendar, depending on the school dates of your little schoolchildren. Note that students in zone C will be on vacation from Saturday February 8 to 24, 2020 for the winter period, and spring vacation will take place from Saturday April 4 to Monday, April 20, 2020, unlike the other students.

2022-2023 school calendar: what are the dates?

The school calendar for the year 2022-2023 was published in the Official Journal of July 11, 2021.