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French Public and National Holidays 2008
Tuesday 1 January - New Year's Day (Jour de l'An)
Sunday 23 March - Easter (Pâques)
Monday 24 March - Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques)
Thursday 1 May - Labour Day (Fête du Travail) and Ascension Day (Ascension catholique)
Thursday 8 May - VE Day - WWII Victory Day (Fête de la Victoire 1945)
Sunday 11 May - Whit Sunday (Pentecôte)
Monday 12 May - Whit Sunday (Lundi de Pentecôte)
Monday 14 July - Bastille Day (Fête nationale)
Friday 15 August - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Assomption)
Saturday 1 November - All Saints' Day (Toussaint)
Tuesday 11 November - Armistice Day (Armistice 1918)
Thursday 25 December - Christmas Day (Noël)
French Public and National Holidays 2009
Thursday 1 January - New Year's Day (Jour de l'An)
Sunday 12 April - Easter (Pâques)
Monday 12 April - Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques)
Friday 1 May - Labour Day (Fête du Travail)
Friday 8 May - VE Day - WWII Victory Day (Fête de la Victoire 1945)
Thursday 21 May - Ascension Day (Ascension catholique)
Sunday 31 May - Whit Sunday (Pentecôte)
Monday 1 June - Whit Sunday (Lundi de Pentecôte)
Tuesday 14 July - Bastille Day (Fête nationale)
Saturday 15 August - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Assomption)
Sunday 1 November - All Saints' Day (Toussaint)
Wednesday 11 November - Armistice Day (Armistice 1918)
Friday 25 December - Christmas Day (Noël)
French School Holidays 2008
Zone A
Caen, Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble, Lyon, Montpellier, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Rennes, Toulouse
16/02/08 to 03/03/08 - Winter holiday
12/04/08 to 28/04/08 - Spring holiday
03/07/08 to 02/09/08 - Summer holiday
25/10/08 to 05/11/08 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
20/12/08 - 04/01/09 - Christmas holiday
Zone B
Aix-Marseille , Amiens , Besançon , Dijon , Lille , Limoges , Nice , Orléans-Tours , Poitiers , Reims , Rouen , Strasbourg
09/02/08 to 25/02/08 - Winter holiday
05/04/08 to 21/04/08 - Spring holiday
03/07/08 to 02/09/08 - Summer holiday
25/10/08 to 05/11/08 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
20/12/08 - 04/01/09 - Christmas holiday
Zone C
Bordeaux , Créteil , Paris , Versailles
23/02/08 to 10/03/08 - Winter holiday
19/04/08 to 05/05/08 - Spring holiday
03/07/08 to 02/09/08 - Summer holiday
25/10/08 to 05/11/08 - Toussaint holiday (All Saints) - Autumn holiday
20/12/08 - 04/01/09 - Christmas holiday
A list of French school holidays can be found here.
UK School Holidays
The following sites list school holidays in different parts of the UK:
England
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
