Jondav Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Can anyone tell me the dates of the remaining Bank holidays in France?Am planning dates to travel and would like to avoid them.CheersJon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntina Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 DateDayUnited KingdomFranceJanuary 1stSaturdayNew Years DayJour de l’anJanuary 3rdMondayBank Holiday March 25thFridayGood Friday March 27thSundayEaster SundayEaster SundayMarch 28th Monday Easter Bank Holiday Lundi de Pâques May 1stSunday Labour Day/Fêtes du TravailMay 2ndMondayMay Day May 5thThursday Ascension DayMay 8thSunday Victory Day/Armistice 1945May 15thSundaySpring Bank HolidayWhitsun/PentecôteMay 16thMondayBank HolidayWhit MondayMay 30thMondayBank Holiday July 14thThursday Bastille Day/Fête NationalAugust 15thMonday Assumption Day / AssomptionAugust 29thMondayAugust Bank Holiday November 1stTuesday All Saints Day/ToussaintNovember 11thFridayRemembrance DayArmistice 1918December 25thSundayChristmas DayNoëlDecember 26thMondayBoxing day holiday December 27thTuesdayBank holiday*in lieu of Christmas day being on Sunday Jour férié Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 That list is wrong, what is it's source. The 27th of December isn't a jour ferie? That is not how it works here and the 25th of December is the jour ferie, which ever day it falls on, we don't have Boxing Day. And the 16th of May has been done away with, the money is supposed to help some sort of national debt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntina Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Copy the list, amend and re-post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Trollope Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 And is Monday May 16th really a BH in the UK? Although TU, it does seem to be around here - what with strikes etc etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Buntina, I would repost, but I don't know if all the UK ones are right and I would hate to infer that both sets of dates were right when I can only be sure of the french ones...... if you see what I mean. NT do strikes count as jour feries now? I know that many people are annoyed about having this day taken from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRT17 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Monday 16th May is definitely not a Bank Holiday in the U.K.Note: yesterday 9th May (liberation day) was a public holiday in the Channel Islands.Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 We are working as normal on Monday and the builder's merchants are all open too. Schools however are closed in this area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybe Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 While we were in France on May 1st, the neighbours were up-in-arms as they said that the government was taking away one of their bank Holidays, Pentecost. Apparently, the SNCF employees are to be allowed to carry on taking this day off, so long as they work an extra one minute per day per year! The Government's afraid of drastic strike action! Jen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 A minute a day, that wouldn't cover a days work. These people only work about 230 days a year. So that wouldn't even be four hours extra work. Still we mustn't upset the SNCF. Retirement at 50 as it is such hard work driving a train........ hard back breaking work shovelling all that coal, working in those dire polluted conditions......oops ........... it's just a push button job these days isn't it and all those benefits they get, well wears them out. Still as I said, mustn't upset the SNCF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battypuss Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Kids have school here the 16th May; but no buses to get them there...both will be staying home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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