Holidays

In France there are a number of public holidays where you will find that banks, offices, and sometimes more or less everything closed. Not everyone knows this so we decided to post a list of important dates and holidays, before which you might want to stock up on food and necessities to avoid famine or supply shortage of any kind.

Well, on Sundays most supermarkets and stores are closed, which is something not everyone is used to. If you look though you might find some small shops open that sell necessities, so you don´t have to worry. Also there are usually markets at on the banks of Saone and other places.

Holidays

• New years day,
• Easter
• Labour Day (1st of May),
• Victory Day- end of WWII (8th of May),
• Ascension day (40 days after easter)
• Whit sunday and monday (seventh sunday after easter)
• Bastille Day (14th of july)
• Assumption (15th of August)
• All Saint´s Day (Ist of November)
• Armistice Day (11th of november)
• Christmas Day (25th of December)