Public holidays in France 2028
France has 11 public holidays in 2028.
These are France's 11 national public holidays (jours fériés). Alsace and Moselle have two more, and each overseas department marks the abolition of slavery on its own date.
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| 1 January Saturday | New Year's Day Public holiday |
| 17 April Monday | Easter Monday Public holiday |
| 1 May Monday | Labour Day Public holiday |
| 8 May Monday | Victory Day Public holiday |
| 25 May Thursday | Ascension Day Public holiday |
| 5 June Monday | Whit Monday Public holiday |
| 14 July Friday | Bastille Day Public holiday |
| 15 August Tuesday | Assumption Public holiday |
| 1 November Wednesday | All Saints' Day Public holiday |
| 11 November Saturday | Armistice Day Public holiday |
| 25 December Monday | Christmas Day Public holiday |
Other days in 2028
Not statutory days off, but worth knowing.
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| 28 May Sunday | Mother's Day Observance |
| 4 June Sunday | Pentecost Observance |
Regions with extra holidays
Add these holidays to your calendar
Subscribe once and every public holiday from 2025 to 2028 appears in your phone or computer calendar — and updates itself if a date changes. Or get the printable 2028 calendar as a PDF.
🏖 Long weekends and the best days to take off
Holiday data from date-holidays by commenthol, based on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; our lists are shared under the same licence. Checked against the official source: www.service-public.gouv.fr. Holidays can change — confirm with your employer or an official source. All sources.