Public holidays: 1 November 2016 (All Saints' Day), 11 November 2016 (1918 Armistice Day), 25 December 2016 (Christmas), 1 January 2017 (New Year), 17 April 2017 (Easter Monday), 1 May 2017 (Labour Day), 8 May 2017 (end of WWII in Europe), 25 May 2017 (Ascension Day), 5 June 2017 (Whit Monday), 14 July 2017 (National holiday), 15 August 2017 (Assumption Day)
Beginning of the school year
1 September 2016
End of the school year
8 July 2017School year - Autumn / Christmas / New Year / Winter holidays
Autumn: 2 weeks 19 October – 2 November 2016
Christmas / New Yea: 11 working days 17 December 2016 – 2 January 2017
Winter holidays: 2 weeks 18 February – 5 March 2017 (zone A) 11-26 February 2017 (zone B) 4-19 February 2017(zone C) February 2016 (zone B), 20 February – 6 March 2016 (zone C)
School year - Spring / Easter holiday
2 weeks 15 April – 1 May 2017 (zone A) 8-23 April 2017 (zone B) 1-17 April 2017 (zone C)
School year - summer holidays
8.5 weeks 8 July – 3 September 2017