French Bank Holidays (Jours Fériés) 2025

If you’re planning a holiday in the Pyrénées-Orientales in 2025, (or long term planning for the future), do bear in mind the dates of the numerous ‘jours fériés’ (bank holidays) during which some or all  shops and businesses may be closed.

Bank Holidays in France 2025
New Year’s Day
(Jour de l’An)
1st January


Good Friday (Vendredi  Saint)
19th April (not férié)


Easter Sunday (Dimanche de Pâques
20th April (not férié)


Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques)
21st April


May Day (La Fête du Travail)
1st May


VE Day – WWII Victory Day (Fête de la Victoire)
8th May


Ascension Day (Le Jour de l’Ascension – 40 days after Easter Sunday)
29th May


Whit Sunday (Pentecôte)
9th June (not férié)


Whit Monday (Lundi de Pentecôte)
10th June


Bastille Day (La Fête nationale de la Bastille)
14th July


Assumption (l’Assomption)
15th August


La Toussaint (All Saint’s Day)
1st November


Anniversary of the 1918 armistice  which signalled the end of the First World War (Anniversaire de l’armistice de 1918)
11th November  


“Faire le pont”

Where a Bank holiday falls on a Tuesday or a Thursday, many small businesses will ‘faire le pont’ (make a bridge) and take  Friday or Monday off too to ;make a long weekend. This rarely applies to large shops, supermarkets etc, many of whom no longer close for most of the public holidays.

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