French school holiday dates 2018-19
Children have started their summer holidays across the country and will return for the Rentrée on September 3
Holidays in French schools are split in to three zones – A, B and C – with dates often spread although some, such as Toussaint, Christmas and summer holidays, are all taken at the same time.
The Zones cover different education authorities to spread out traffic movements and holiday crowding:
Zone A – Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon, Poitiers
Zone B – Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Caen, Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Rouen, Strasbourg
Zone C – Créteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse, Versailles
Holiday dates for the 2018-19 school calendar are:
All pupils ended school for summer on July 7 (if they had classes on the Saturday) and will restart after the summer holidays on September 3 (teachers restart on Friday, August 31)
October 19/20 (depending on whether school works on Saturday) – last day before Vacances de la Toussaint
November 5 – end of Vacances de la Toussaint
December 21/22 – last day before Vacances de Noël
January 7, 2019 – end of Vacances de Noël
February 8/9 – last day before Vacances d'hiver for Zone B… to restart on February 25
February 15/16 – last day before Vacances d'hiver for Zone A… to restart on March 4
February 22/23 – last day before Vacances d'hiver for Zone C… to restart on March 11
April 5/6 – last day before Vacances de printemps for Zone B… to restart on April 23
April 12/13 – last day before Vacances de printemps for Zone A… to restart on April 29
April 19/20 – last day before Vacances de printemps for Zone C… to restart on May 6
May 29 (Wednesday) – last day before Ascension ‘pont’ for all schools… restart on June 3
July 5/6 – last day before 2019 summer holidays (no date confirmed for 2019 rentrée).
