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France Public Holidays

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Official National Holidays in France:

Discover upcoming France Public Holiday and start planning to make the most of your time off in Puy-Leonard High Quality Gite, in the heart of the Charente.

Local non-official Holidays in France:

Spring Holiday

First Saturday of March: National Day of grandmothers
March 8: International Women Day
March 20: International Day of Francophonie
April 1: April Fool’s Day.
May 1: Labour Day.First

Summer Holiday

June 18: Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival
June 21: Music Day in France
June 23 (even-numbered years): Wine Festival in Bordeaux
August 15: Assumption of the Virgin Mary

Autumn Holidays

October 9: The Day of chestnut.
October 16: Reading Festival in France
October 31: Halloween (Samhain)
November 11: Memorial Day (End of the First World War)
November 17: Festival of New Beaujolais

Winter Holidays

January 6: Catholic Epiphany
February 6: Violet Festival in Toulouse
February 13: Carnival in Nice and Menton Lemon Festival
February 14: St. Valentine’s Day

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