As the school year ends, we must already think about the organization of the 2023-2024 school year. We invite you to consult and download the holiday calendar for the next school year. We indicate the holidays and the dates of return to you. You are also reminded in which zone your academy is located (A, B or C).
To start, you need to know the area in which you are located.
Depending on whether you live in Lille, Toulouse or Bordeaux, the school holiday zone will not be the same. This is important for organizing visits to grandparents or friends, and thus getting together.
The Ministry of National Education specifies the areas:
Zone A
Academies of Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon, Poitiers
Zone B
Academies of Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Nice, Normandy, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Strasbourg
Zone C
Academies of Créteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse, Versailles
Map of school zones in France (zone A, B, C) • © commons.wikimedia.org
The start of the 2023 school year for students is Monday, September 4, 2023 (for all zones). All Saints’ Day holidays: from Saturday October 21, 2023 to Monday November 6, 2023 (zones A, B, C) Christmas holidays: from Saturday December 23, 2023 to Monday January 8, 2024 (zones A, B, C)
Winter vacation :
Zone A – Saturday February 17 to Monday March 4 Zone B – Saturday February 24 to Monday March 11 Zone C – Saturday February 10 to Monday February 26
Spring Break :
Zone A – Saturday April 13 to Monday March 4 Zone B – Saturday April 20 to Monday May 6 Zone C – Saturday April 6 to Monday April 22
Summer holidays (for all zones):
Zone A, B, C – Saturday, July 6, 2024
School calendar, by zones (A,B,C) • © National Education
Click here to download this 2023-2024 school holiday calendar (source: education.gouv.fr)
in 2023
Wednesday, November 1, 2023: All Saints’ Day Saturday, November 11, 2023: First World War Armistice Monday, December 25, 2023: Christmas
in 2024
Monday, January 1, 2024: New Year’s Day Monday, April 1, 2024: Easter Monday Wednesday, May 1, 2024: Labor Day Wednesday, May 8, 2024: Commemoration of the end of World War II Thursday, May 9, 2024: Ascension (Students ” vaqueront” on Friday May 10 and Saturday May 11, as specified by the Ministry of National Education). Monday, May 20, 2024: Whit Monday Sunday, July 14, 2024: National Day Thursday, August 15, 2024: Assumption Friday, November 1, 2024: All Saints Day Monday, November 11, 2024: Armistice 1918 Wednesday, December 25, 2024: Christmas
In the 1964-1965 school year, metropolitan France was divided into two zones (Group A / Group B). The 1970-1971 school year only included a single zone.
Then, during the years 1980-1981 and 1981-1982, the calendars were set locally by the academic services, hence the existence of numerous zones.
Since 1995, date of the decree of July 24, it is the distribution in three zones of holidays, A, B and C, which applies until today.
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