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FRENCH SCHOOL HOLIDAY DATES
for  2012-2013 and 2013-2014

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See also the  2013 week-planner calendar for France

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



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

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

Start of the summer holiday

Saturday 6th July 2013 after classes



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
to Sunday 6th January 2013 inclusive

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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