French School Holidays – 2023/2024 Dates for Your Calendar
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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 2023 school ended on July 8th, 2023 and La Rentrée will be September 4th, 2023.
We’ve listed below the 2023-2024 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
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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 2023-2024
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 4th, 2023
All Saints (La Toussaint): October 21 to November 6, 2023
Christmas: December 23, 2023 to January 8, 2024
Winter: February 17, 2024 to March 4, 2024
Spring: April 13, 2024 to April 29, 2024
Summer: July 8, 2024
ZONE B: French School Holiday dates
Return to school: September 4th, 2023
All Saints (La Toussaint): October 21 to November 6, 2023
Christmas: December 23, 2023 to January 8, 2024
Winter: February 24, 2024 to March 11, 2024
Spring: April 20, 2024 to May 6, 2024
Summer: July 8, 2024
ZONE C: French School Holiday dates
Return to school: September 4th, 2023
All Saints (La Toussaint): October 21 to November 6, 2023
Christmas: December 23, 2023 to January 8, 2024
Winter: February 19, 2024 to February 26, 2024
Spring: April 6, 2024 to April 22, 2024
Summer: July 8, 2024
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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