School holidays in France 2024-2025-2026 (official dates)

The topic of this extensive publication: school holidays in France in the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 academic years. We will provide the exact dates of summer, Christmas, winter, spring (Easter), carnival school holidays in different zones and in Corsica. In this article, ALYO.info has collected information obtained exclusively from official sources.

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What you need to know about French school holidays for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 academic years

In this article, school holidays in France 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 are described in the same way as the French administration does. The start date indicates that there may be classes on this day, and the rest begins after they end. The end date indicates that on this day the school holds the first lessons of the school period, and the holidays end.

In addition to the vacation periods, French children have holidays on public holidays. In each section we will provide such dates for the corresponding school year. It is important to remember that if a public holiday falls on a Sunday, it is not transferred to another day.

School holidays in France 2024-2025

Listed below are the school holidays in France 2024-2025. The dates of the holiday periods start from the beginning of 2024. The calendar covers half of the 2023-2024 school year and the full 2024-2025 school year in France.

Christmas school holidays in France 2023-2024: from 23 December 2023 to 8 January 2024.

Winter Break 2024 (Zone A): Saturday 17 February to Monday 4 March 2024.
Winter Break 2024 (Zone B): Saturday 24 February to Monday 11 March 2024.
Winter Break 2024 (Zone C): Saturday 10th to Monday 26th February 2024.

Spring Break (Easter Break) 2024 (Zone A): Saturday 13th to Monday 29th April 2024.
Spring Break (Easter Break) 2024 (Zone B): Saturday 20 April to Monday 6 May 2024.
Spring Break (Easter Break) 2024 (Zone C): Saturday 6 April to Monday 22 April 2024.

Ascension Day Holiday: Wednesday 8th May 2024 to Monday 13th May 2024.
Summer holidays: from Saturday 6 July to Monday 2 September 2024.
All Saints’ Day Holidays: Saturday 19 October to Monday 4 November 2024.
Christmas holidays 2024-2025: from Saturday 21 December 2024 to Monday 6 January 2025.

Winter Break 2025 (Zone A): Saturday 22 February to Monday 10 March 2025.
Winter Break 2025 (Zone B): Saturday 8 February to Monday 24 February 2025.
Winter Break 2025 (Zone C): Saturday 15 February to Monday 3 March 2025.

Spring Break (Easter Break) 2025 (Zone A): Saturday 19 April to Monday 5 May 2025.
Spring Break (Easter Break) 2025 (Zone B): Saturday 5 April to Tuesday 22 April 2025.
Spring Break (Easter Break) 2025 (Zone C): Saturday 12 April to Monday 28 April 2025.

Summer holidays 2025: from Saturday 5 July to Monday 1 September 2025.

Public holidays in the 2024-2025 academic year

November 1 (Friday), 2024: All Saints’ Day (Toussaint).
November 11 (Monday), 2024: Armistice of 1918.
December 25 (Wednesday), 2024: Christmas.
January 1 (Wednesday), 2025: New Year.
April 21 (Monday), 2025: Easter Monday.
May 1 (Thursday), 2025: Labor Day.
May 8 (Thursday), 2025: Victory Day 1945.
May 29 (Thursday), 2025: Ascension of Christ.
June 9 (Monday), 2025: Pentecost Monday.
July 14 (Monday), 2025: National holiday (Bastille Day).
August 15 (Friday), 2025: Assumption of the Virgin Mary.

School holidays in France 2025-2026

Christmas school holidays in France 2024-2025: from Saturday 21 December 2024 to Monday 6 January 2025.

Winter Break 2025 (Zone A): Saturday 22 February to Monday 10 March 2025.
Winter Break 2025 (Zone B): Saturday 8 February to Monday 24 February 2025.
Winter Break 2025 (Zone C): Saturday 15 February to Monday 3 March 2025.

Spring Break (Easter Break) 2025 (Zone A): Saturday 19 April to Monday 5 May 2025.
Spring Break (Easter Break) 2025 (Zone B): Saturday 5 April to Tuesday 22 April 2025.
Spring Break (Easter Break) 2025 (Zone C): Saturday 12 April to Monday 28 April 2025.

Ascension Day Holiday: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 to Monday, June 2, 2025.
Summer holidays 2025: from Saturday 5 July to Monday 1 September 2025.
All Saints’ Day Holidays: Saturday 18 October to Monday 3 November 2024.
Christmas holidays 2025-2026: from Saturday 20 December 2025 to Monday 5 January 2026.

Winter Break 2026 (Zone A): Saturday 7 February to Monday 23 February 2026.
Winter Break 2026 (Zone B): Saturday 14 February to Monday 2 March 2026.
Winter Break 2026 (Zone C): Saturday 21 February to Monday 9 March 2026.

Spring Break (Easter Break) 2026 (Zone A): Saturday 4 April to Monday 20 April 2026.
Spring Break (Easter Break) 2026 (Zone B): Saturday 11 April to Monday 27 April 2026.
Spring Break (Easter Break) 2026 (Zone C): Saturday 18 April to Monday 4 May 2026.

Summer holidays 2026: from Saturday, July 4, 2026.

Public holidays in the 2025-2026 academic year

November 1 (Saturday), 2025: All Saints’ Day (Toussaint).
November 11 (Tuesday), 2025: Armistice of 1918.
December 25 (Thursday), 2025: Christmas.
January 1 (Thursday), 2026: New Year.
April 6 (Monday), 2026: Easter Monday.
May 1 (Friday), 2026: Labor Day.
May 8 (Friday), 2026: Victory Day 1945.
May 14 (Thursday), 2026: Ascension of Christ.
May 25 (Monday), 2026: Pentecost Monday.
July 14 (Tuesday), 2026: National holiday (Bastille Day).
August 15 (Saturday), 2026: Assumption of the Virgin Mary.

School holidays in Corsica 2024-2025

Summer holidays 2024: from Saturday 6 July to Monday 2 September 2024.
All Saints’ Day Holidays: Saturday 19 October to Monday 4 November 2024.
Christmas holidays 2024-2025: from Saturday 21 December 2024 to Monday 6 January 2025.
Winter break: from Saturday 15 February to Monday 3 March 2025.
Spring Break (Easter Break): Saturday 12th to Monday 28th April 2024.
Ascension Day Holidays: Wednesday, May 28 to Monday, June 2, 2024.
Summer holidays 2025: from July 5, 2025.

Find out which zone your school is in

The country’s territory is divided into three school zones: Zone A, Zone B, Zone C. Winter and spring school holidays in France begin and end at different times in each zone. Each of them is divided into “academies”. To avoid confusion with translations, we provide the names of the academies in French.

Zone A	Zone B	Zone C
Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limousin, Lyon, Poitou Charente, Poitiers, Toulouse, Villefranche-sur-Saône.	Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Caen, Lille, Nancy, Metz, Nantes, Orléans, Tours, Rennes, Rouen, Strasbourg.	Creteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse, Versailles.

Below is a list of the departments and main cities included in the school zones. To avoid errors, we have listed them in the original language (French). The names of the departments are listed in alphabetical order.

Departments and Main Cities – Zone A

Ain (Bourg-en-Bresse, Oyonnax, Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Gex, Miribel).
Allier (Montluçon, Vichy, Moulins, Cusset, Yzeure, Domérat).
Ardèche (Annonay, Aubenas, Guilherand-Granges, Privas, Le Teil).
Cantal (Aurillac, Saint-Flour, Arpajon-sur-Cère, Mauriac, Ytrac, Maurs).
Charente (Angoulême, Cognac, Soyaux, Ruelle-sur-Touvre, La Couronne).
Charente-Maritime (La Rochelle, Saintes, Rochefort, Royan, Aytré, Tonnay-Charente, Lagord).
Corrèze (Brive-la-Gaillarde, Tulle, Ussel, Malemort-sur-Corrèze, Egletons, Allassac).
Côte-d’Or (Dijon, Beaune, Chenôve, Talant, Quétigny, Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur, Longvic).
Creuse (Guéret, La Souterraine, Aubusson, Bourganeuf, Sainte-Feyre, Felletin).
Two-Sèvres (Niort, Bressuire, Parthenay, Thouars, Mauléon, Saint-Maixent-l’École, La Crèche).
Dordogne (Perigueux, Bergerac, Sarlat-la-Canéda, Coulounieix-Chamiers, Boulazac).
Doubs (Besançon, Montbéliard, Pontarlier, Audincourt, Valentigney, Morteau).
Drôme (Valence, Montélimar, Romans-sur-Isère, Bourg-lès-Valence, Pierrelatte).
Gironde (Bordeaux, Mérignac, Pessac, Talence, Villenave-d’Ornon, Bègles).
The Loire Valley (Le Puy-en-Velay, Monistrol-sur-Loire, Yssingeaux, Brioude, Sainte-Sigolène).
Haute-Saône (Vesoul, Héricourt, Lure, Luxeuil-les-Bains, Gray, Fougerolles, Champagney).
Haute-Savoie (Annecy, Thonon-les-Bains, Annemasse, Cluses, Seynod, Chamonix, , Evian).
Haute-Vienne (Limoges, Saint-Junien, Panazol, Couzeix, Isle, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, Feytiat).
Isère (Grenoble, Saint-Martin-d’Hères, Echirolles, Vienne, Fontaine, Voiron).
Jura (Dole, Lons-le-Saunier, Saint-Claude, Champagnole, Morez, Poligny, Tavaux).
Landes (Mont-de-Marsan, Dax, Biscarrosse, Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, Tarnos, Capbreton).
Loire (Saint-Étienne, Roanne, Saint-Chamond, Firminy, Montbrison).
Lot-et-Garonne (Agen, Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Marmande, Le Passage, Tonneins, Nérac).
Nièvre (Nevers, Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Varennes-Vauzelles, Decize).
Puy-de-Dôme (Clermont-Ferrand, Cournon-d’Auvergne, Riom, Chamalières, Brioude-Issoire, Thiers).
Pyrenees-Atlantiques (Pau, Bayonne, Anglet, Biarritz, Hendaye, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Billère, Lons).
Rhone (Lyon, Villeurbanne, Vénissieux, Caluire-et-Cuire, Saint-Priest, Vaulx-en-Velin).
Saone-et-Loire (Chalon-sur-Saône, Mâcon, Le Creusot, Montceau-les-Mines, Autun, Digoin).
Savoy (Chambéry, Aix-les-Bains, Albertville, La Motte-Servolex, Bourg-Saint-Maurice).
Territory of Belfort (Belfort, Delle, Valdoie, Beaucourt, Bavilliers, Danjoutin, Offemont, Giromagny).
Vienna (Poitiers, Châtellerault, Buxerolles, Loudun, Saint-Benoît, Chauvigny).
Yonne (Auxerre, Sens, Joigny, Migennes, Avallon, Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Tonnerre).

Departments and main cities – Zone B

Aisne (Saint-Quentin, Soissons, Laon, Château-Thierry, Tergnier, Chauny).
The Alps of Haute Provence (Manosque, Digne-les-Bains, Sisteron, Oraison, Forcalquier, Villeneuve).
Alpes-Maritimes (Nice, Antibes, Cannes, Grasse, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Le Cannet, Menton).
Ardennes (Charleville-Mézières, Sedan, Rethel, Revin, Givet, Nouzonville).
Dawn (Troyes, Romilly-sur-Seine, Sainte-Savine, Saint-Julien-les-Villas).
Bas-Rhin (Strasbourg, Haguenau, Schiltigheim, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, Sélestat, Bischheim).
Bouches-du-Rhône (Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, Arles, Martigues, Aubagne, Istres, La Ciotat).
Calvados (Caen, Lisieux, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, Bayeux, Vire, Ifs, Mondeville).
Dear (Bourges, Vierzon, Saint-Amand-Montrond, Saint-Doulchard, Mehun-sur-Yèvre).
Côtes d’Armor (Saint-Brieuc, Lannion, Plérin, Lamballe, Dinan, Ploufragan, Loudéac, Guingamp).
Eure (Evreux, Vernon, Louviers, Val-de-Reuil, Gisors, Bernay, Pont-Audemer).
Eure-et-Loir (Chartres, Dreux, Lucé, Châteaudun, Vernouillet, Nogent-le-Rotrou).
Finistère (Brest, Quimper, Concarneau, Morlaix, Douarnenez, Landerneau, Guipavas).
Haut-Rhin (Mulhouse, Colmar, Saint-Louis, Illzach, Wittenheim, Kingersheim, Rixheim).
Haute-Marne (Saint-Dizier, Chaumont, Langres, Nogent, Joinville, Wassy, Chalindrey).
Hautes-Alpes (Gap, Briançon, Embrun, Laragne-Montéglin, Veynes, Chorges).
Ille-et-Vilaine (Rennes, Saint-Malo, Fougères, Vitré, Cesson-Sévigné, Bruz, Dinard).
Indre (Châteauroux, Issoudun, Déols, Le Blanc, Le Poinçonnet, Argenton-sur-Creuse).
Indre-et-Loire (Tours, Joué-lès-Tours, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, Saint-Pierre-des-Corps).
Loir-et-Cher (Blois, Romorantin-Lanthenay, Vendôme, Vineuil, Sea, Salbris, Selles-sur-Cher).
Loire-Atlantique (Nantes, Saint-Nazaire, Saint-Herblain, Rezé, Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, Orvault).
Loiret (Orléans, Fleury-les-Aubrais, Olivet, Saint-Jean-de-Braye, Montargis).
Maine-et-Loire (Angers, Cholet, Saumur, Avrillé, Trélazé, Les Ponts-de-Cé).
Channel (Cherbourg-Octeville, Saint-Lô, Équeurdreville-Hainneville, Tourlaville).
Marne (Reims, Chalons-en-Champagne, Épernay, Vitry-le-François, Tinqueux, Bétheny).
Mayenne (Laval, Mayenne, Château-Gontier, Évron, Saint-Berthevin, Ernée).
Meurthe-et-Moselle (Nancy, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, Lunéville, Toul, Villers-lès-Nancy, Laxou).
Meuse (Verdun, Bar-le-Duc, Commercy, Saint-Mihiel, Ligny-en-Barrois, Etain).
Morbihan (Lorient, Vannes, Lanester, Ploemeur, Hennebont, Pontivy, Auray, Saint-Avé).
Moselle (Metz, Thionville, Montigny-lès-Metz, Sarreguemines, Forbach, Saint-Avold).
North (Lille, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Dunkirk, Villeneuve-d’Ascq, Valenciennes, Douai).
Oise (Beauvais, Compiègne, Creil, Nogent-sur-Oise, Senlis, Noyon, Méru).
Orne (Alençon, Flers, Argentan, L’Aigle, La Ferté-Macé, Sées, Mortagne-au-Perche).
Pas-de-Calais (Calais, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Arras, Lens, Liévin, Hénin-Beaumont, Béthune).
Sarthe (Le Mans, La Flèche, Sablé-sur-Sarthe, Allonnes, La Ferté-Bernard, Coulaines).
Seine-Maritime (Le Havre, Rouen, Dieppe, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray).
Sum (Amiens, Abbeville, Albert, Péronne, Corbie, Doullens, Roye, Montdidier).
Var (Toulon, La Seyne-sur-Mer, Hyères, Fréjus, Draguignan, Six-Fours-les-Plages).
Vaucluse (Avignon, Orange, Carpentras, Cavaillon, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Pertuis, Sorgues).
Vendée (La Roche-sur-Yon, Challans, Les Sables-d’Olonne, Les Herbiers).
Vosges (Epinal, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Gérardmer, Golbey, Remiremont, Neufchâteau).

Departments and Main Cities – Zone C

Ariège (Pamiers, Foix, Lavelanet, Saint-Girons, Tarascon-sur-Ariège, Saverdun).
Aude (Narbonne, Carcassonne, Castelnaudary, Lézignan-Corbières, Limoux).
Aveyron (Rodez, Millau, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Onet-le-Château, Saint-Affrique).
Essonne (Evry, Corbeil-Essonnes, Massy, Savigny-sur-Orge, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois).
Gard (Nîmes, Alès, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, Beaucaire, Saint-Gilles, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon).
Gers (Auch, Condom, L’Isle-Jourdain, Fleurance, Eauze, Lectoure, Mirande).
Haute-Garonne (Toulouse, Colomiers, Tournefeuille, Muret, Blagnac, Cugnaux, Balma).
Hautes-Pyrenees (Tarbes, Lourdes, Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Aureilhan, Lannemezan, Vic-en-Bigorre).
The city of Boulogne-Billancourt is located in the Hauts-de-Seine region of France.
Hérault (Montpellier, Béziers, Sète, Lunel, Frontignan, Agde, Lattes, Maugio).
Lot (Cahors, Figeac, Gourdon, Souillac, Saint-Céré, Gramat, Pradines, Prayssac).
Lozere (Mende, Marvejols, Saint-Chély-d’Apcher, Langogne, La Canourgue, Florac).
Paris (Paris and its 20 arrondissements).
Pyrenees-Orientales (Perpigan, Canet-en-Roussillon, Saint-Estève, Saint-Cyprien, Argelès-sur-Mer).
Seine-et-Marne (Chelles, Meaux, Melun, Pontault-Combault, Savigny-le-Temple, Villeparisis).
Seine-St-Denis (Montreuil, Saint-Denis, Aulnay-sous-Bois, Aubervilliers, Drancy, Pantin, Bondy).
Tarn (Albi, Castres, Gaillac, Graulhet, Carmaux, Mazamet, Lavaur, Saint-Sulpice).
Tarn-et-Garonne (Montauban, Castelsarrasin, Moissac, Caussade, Valence, Montech, Nègrepelisse).
Val-d’Oise (Argenteuil, Sarcelles, Cergy, Garges-lès-Gonesse, Franconville, Goussainville).
Val-de-Marne (Créteil, Vitry-sur-Seine, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Champigny-sur-Marne).
Yvelines (Versailles, Sartrouville, Mantes-la-Jolie, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Poissy).

Useful links

National education system of France – https://eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-education-systems/france/overview (in English).
Ministry of National Education and Youth – https://www.education.gouv.fr/ (in French).
The official website of the National Tourism Agency is https://www.france.fr/ (available in different languages).
The official website of the French administration is https://www.service-public.fr/ (in French).