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France 2026/27 - school year

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Country: France

Year: 2026-2027

Public holidays: 1 November 2026, 11 November 2026, 25 December 2026, 1 January 2027, 29 March 2027, 1 May 2027, 6 May 2027, 8 May 2027, 17 May 2027, 14 July 2027, 15 August 2027

Beginning of the school year

1 September 2026 (zones A, B and C); 3 September 2026 (Corsica)

End of the school year

Summer holidays begin on 3 July 2027 (classes end on Saturday 3 July, or Friday 2 July for pupils without Saturday classes). No classes on 7 May 2027 in zones A, B and C.

School year - Autumn / Christmas / New Year / Winter holidays

Autumn holidays: from 17 October 2026, classes resume 2 November 2026 (all zones)

Christmas / New Year: from 19 December 2026, classes resume 4 January 2027 (all zones)

Winter holidays: dates differ between the zones – see below

School year - Spring / Easter holiday

Zone A: 10 April – 26 April 2027; zone B: 17 April – 3 May 2027; zone C: 3 April – 19 April 2027 (from the start of the holiday to the day classes resume)

School year - summer holidays

From 3 July 2027 (all zones)

Regions of the country

School zones: A (e.g. Lyon, Grenoble, Bordeaux, Dijon, Poitiers), B (e.g. Lille, Marseille, Nantes, Strasbourg, Rennes), C (Paris/Créteil/Versailles, Toulouse, Montpellier). Corsica follows the zone A dates. Dates run from the start of the holiday to the day classes resume.

Zone	Winter holidays	Spring (Easter) holidays
Zone A	13 February – 1 March 2027	10 April – 26 April 2027
Zone B	20 February – 8 March 2027	17 April – 3 May 2027
Zone C	6 February – 22 February 2027	3 April – 19 April 2027

Alsace-Moselle has two additional public holidays: 26 December 2026 (St Stephen’s Day) and 26 March 2027 (Good Friday, in communes with a Protestant or mixed church). Overseas territories have different calendars.

Sources: Service-Public.fr (French government) – school calendar 2026–2027 (based on the decree of 22 October 2025); Service-Public.fr – public holidays 2026 and 2027.

published: 2026-10-20

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Source: Eurydice (2014/15–2017/18). 2026/27: national education ministries, official school calendars and university calendars – listed in each entry.

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