French School Holidays – 2024/2025 Dates for Your Calendar

 

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French School Holidays – 2024/2025 Dates for Your Calendar

This French school calendar has all the key dates you need to know if you have children at school in France. In France, there are three zones that determine the school year. While school days and ‘la rentrée’ (the day on which school starts) are the same across the country, dates for school holidays vary according to the zone you live in. 

The 2024 school ended on July 8th, 2024, and La Rentrée is on September 2nd, 2024.

We’ve listed below the 2024-2025 French school holiday dates for each of the regional education authorities (académies). For Corsica and overseas departments, the dates are different again – see the calendrier on the Ministry of Education website.

Note: This calendar is based on the official version found here, but it is always a good idea to double-check local timetables.

French School Zones

 

French school zones

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Zone A :

Académies de Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon, Poitiers

Zone B :

Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Caen, Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Rouen, Strasbourg

Zone C :

Créteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse, Versailles

 

FRENCH SCHOOL CALENDAR 2024-2025

All the dates of spring, fall, Christmas and summer holidays for Zones A, B, and C.

ZONE A:  French School Holiday dates

Return to school: September 2nd, 2024

All Saints (La Toussaint): October 19 to November 4, 2024
Christmas: December 21, 2024 to January 6, 2025

Winter: February 22, 2025 to March 10, 2025
Spring: April 19, 2025 to May 5, 2025

Summer: July 5, 2025

ZONE B:  French School Holiday dates

Return to school: September 2nd, 2024

All Saints (La Toussaint): October 19 to November 4, 2024
Christmas: December 21, 2024 to January 6, 2025

Winter: February 8, 2025 to February 24, 2025
Spring: April 5, 2025 to April 22, 2025

Summer: July 5, 2025

ZONE C:  French School Holiday dates

Return to school: September 2nd, 2024

All Saints (La Toussaint): October 19 to November 4, 2024
Christmas: December 21, 2024 to January 6, 2025

Winter: February 15, 2025 to March 3, 2025
Spring: April 12, 2025 to April 28, 2025

Summer: July 5, 2025

Different dates may apply to Corsica and overseas departments.

NB: Holidays start after classes on the date indicated and begin again in the morning on the other date indicated. When holidays begin on a Saturday, for those pupils who have no class that day, the holiday period begins on the previous Friday, after classes end.

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