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For school holiday dates, France is divided into three parts. Knowing when French schools are out can be useful information when it comes to choosing when to travel to France.
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SCHOOL HOLIDAY DATES
for
2012-2013
and 2013-2014
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For school-holiday purposes, France is divided into three zones: in recent years and for the coming years, all three zones have the same school holiday calendar from the start of the school year, in September, until the end of January. It is only the winter and spring holidays that differ - mainly in order to spread the season for French winter sports resorts.
Zone B: North east France (Picardy, Nord-Pas de Calais, Champagne), Alsace, Franche-Comté and Burgundy, the Centre region, Limousin and Poitou Charentes, Upper Normandy (the Rouen area) and Provence, the southern Alps & the Riviera
2012
- 2013
French school holiday calendar
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ZONE A (Brittany, lower Normandy, Pays de la Loire, Lorraine, Rhône Alpes, Auvergne, Languedoc, Midi-Pyrenees) |
ZONE B All other regions not in Zones A or C (*see above) |
ZONE C
Greater Paris, Aquitaine |
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|
Autumn term starts |
Tuesday 4th September 2012 | ||
| Toussaint - half term holiday period | From
midday Saturday 27th October 2012 to Sunday 11th November 2012 inclusive |
||
| Christmas holidays |
From
Saturday 22nd December 2012 to Sunday 6th January 2013 inclusive |
||
| Winter holiday | Saturday
23rd February 2013
to Sunday 10th March 2013 |
Saturday
16th February 2013 to Sunday 3rd March 2013 |
Saturday
2nd March 2013 to Sunday 17th March 2013 |
| Spring holiday | Saturday 20th April 2013to Sunday 5th May 2013 |
Saturday 13th April 2013 to Sunday 28th April 2013 |
Saturday 27th April 2013 to Sunday 12th May 2013 |
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Start of the summer holiday |
Saturday
6th July 2013 after classes
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||
2013
- 2014
French school holiday calendar
|
ZONE A (Brittany, lower Normandy, Pays de la Loire, Lorraine, Rhône Alpes, Auvergne, Languedoc, Midi-Pyrenees) |
ZONE B All other regions not in Zones A or C (*see above) |
ZONE C
Greater Paris, Aquitaine |
|
|
Autumn term starts |
Monday 2nd September 2013 | ||
| Toussaint - half term holiday period | From
Thursday 24th October 2013 to Sunday 3rd November 2013 inclusive |
||
| Christmas holidays |
From
Saturday 21st December 2013 to Sunday 5th January 2013 inclusive |
||
| Winter holiday | Saturday
1st March 2014
to Sunday 16th March 2014 |
Saturday
22nd February 2014 to Sunday 9th March 2014 |
Saturday
15th February 2014 to Sunday 2nd March 2014 |
| Spring holiday | Saturday 26th April 2014to Sunday 11th May 2014 | Saturday 19th April 2014to Sunday 4th May 2014 | Saturday 12th April 2014 to Sunday 27th April 2014 |
| Long Ascencion weekend | Thursday 28th May to Sunday 1st June inclusive | ||
|
Start of the summer holiday |
Thursday 3rd
July 2014 after classes
|
||
BELGIAN
SCHOOL HOLIDAY DATES 2012-2013
| BELGIUM | |
| Toussaint - half term holiday period | From
midday Saturday 27th October 2012 to Sunday 4th November 2012 inclusive |
| Christmas holidays |
From Saturday 22nd December after
school |
| Winter holiday | Saturday 9th Feb 2013
to Sunday 17th Feb 2013 |
| Spring holiday |
Saturday 30th March 2013 to Sunday 14th April 2013 inclusive |
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