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What shops can you expect to be open on May 1 in France?

Many employees are legally not allowed to work on this day

How many bank holidays does France get vs Europe and US?

See how France compares as MPs debate taking away two of the country’s jours fériés

France’s public holidays in 2025 make it a good year for 'strategic' time off

Start planning your holidays! 2025 offers long weekends whilst taking minimal days off work

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Does working on a bank holiday in France impact pay?

The company, sector, and collective staff agreements can all affect workers’ entitlement

Make the 80th anniversary of D-Day a national holiday, urges French MP

Next year is one of the last major anniversaries when World War II veterans will likely still be alive and able to pass on their stories to children

Winter tyres, heating oil, fuel: 10 November dates to note in France

From increased government support to taxe d’habitation payment deadlines to Black Friday, we look at key dates coming up in France

What’s coming up? The week ahead in France

This week brings a public holiday, a dip in temperatures, a quit smoking campaign, an international food and wine festival and more

Faire le pont: How to get a four day weekend in France

We explain the idea of ‘bridge’ days, in which workers can take one strategic day off work to get a longer holiday

A split image of a person surfing, a stained glass window showing the Virgin Mary, an electric bike and storm clouds

August 15: What’s coming up this week ahead in France?

A public holiday, increased funding for electric bikes, a surfing competition, a classical music festival and more

What’s coming up? The week (June 6) ahead in France

This week begins with a ‘working’ public holiday and ends with the start of the French legislative elections. There is also a chance to see inside the Pagode de Paris

Lundi de Pentcôte - the French public holiday that isn't

How a heatwave in the summer of 2003 that killed 15,000 people changed the French calendar forever

France school and public holiday dates for 2021/22

The government has unveiled the calendar for the 2021/22 school year

‘Cut public holidays to 5 to boost Covid-hit economy'

A centrist party in France has proposed a change to the number of public holidays in France as a way to tackle the current economic climate, on the same day that France's prime minister announced economic relaunch plans.