2027 Holidays – France

Below is a list of holidays and observances in France for 2027, with the weekday each one falls on and how many days until it arrives. Click a holiday name to see its dates for the next 10 years. Public holidays are official days off; observances are popular days that are not official holidays; regional holidays apply only in some states or provinces.

DateDayHolidayTypeDays until
Jan 1 Friday New Year's Day (Jour de l'an) Public 108
Jan 6 Wednesday Epiphany Observance 113
Feb 9 Tuesday Mardi Gras Observance 147
Feb 14 Sunday Valentine's Day Observance 152
Mar 26 Friday Good Friday (Alsace-Moselle) Regional 192
Mar 28 Sunday Easter Sunday Observance 194
Mar 28 Sunday Summer Time starts (clocks forward) Observance 194
Mar 29 Monday Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques) Public 195
May 1 Saturday Labour Day (Fête du Travail) Public 228
May 6 Thursday Ascension Day Public 233
May 8 Saturday Victory in Europe Day Public 235
May 16 Sunday Whit Sunday (Pentecost) Observance 243
May 17 Monday Whit Monday (Lundi de Pentecôte) Public 244
May 30 Sunday Mother's Day (Fête des Mères) Observance 257
Jun 20 Sunday Father's Day Observance 278
Jun 21 Monday Music Day (Fête de la Musique) Observance 279
Jul 14 Wednesday Bastille Day (Fête Nationale) Public 302
Aug 15 Sunday Assumption Day Public 334
Oct 31 Sunday Summer Time ends (clocks back) Observance 411
Oct 31 Sunday Halloween Observance 411
Nov 1 Monday All Saints' Day (Toussaint) Public 412
Nov 11 Thursday Armistice Day Public 422
Dec 24 Friday Christmas Eve Observance 465
Dec 25 Saturday Christmas Day (Noël) Public 466
Dec 26 Sunday St Stephen's Day (Alsace-Moselle) Regional 467
Dec 31 Friday New Year's Eve Observance 472

Understanding the 2027 holiday list

There are three kinds of entry on this page and the difference matters once you start planning. Public holidays are official days off: schools, banks and government offices shut, most businesses close or run short hours, and public transport often drops to a Sunday timetable. Observances get marked by plenty of people but are ordinary working days. Valentine's Day and Halloween are the obvious ones. Regional holidays are days off in part of a country only, in one state, province, canton or federal state. If you spot one listed, check it applies where you actually live or work before you count on the day being free.

The "days until" column counts from today, so this page stays current on its own and is worth a bookmark. Every holiday name links to its own page with the date for the next ten years, the rule that sets it, and what happens if it lands on a weekend. That last one catches people out: in France, a public holiday falling at the weekend may be given as a substitute day off on the following weekday.

Every date here is worked out from the official rule rather than copied off a static list, which is why the later years are as trustworthy as this one. Easter-linked holidays move with the lunar calendar and anything defined as "the third Monday of…" shifts each year. Both are handled automatically. If a date ever doesn't match your region, let us know. Holiday legislation changes and we update the rules when it does.

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