What are the main holidays in France?
- 1 January, New Year’s Day (Nouvel an, Jour de l’An)
- Easter Monday in March or April (Lundi de Pâques)
- 1 May, Labour Day (Fête de travail)
- 8 May, aVictory Day – End of Second World War 1945 (Fête de la liberation)
- Ascension Thursday, the sixth Thursday after Easter, usually in May (Ascension)
- Whit Monday (Pentecost) , the Second Monday after Ascension, in May or June (Pentecôte)
- 14 July, Bastille Day (Fête Nationale)
- 15 August, Assumption (Assomption)
- 1 November, All Saints’ Day (Toussaint)
- 11 November, Armistice 1918 Day (Fête de l’Armistice)
- 25 December, Christmas Day (Noël)
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