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February holidays in uncertainty



[VACANCES SCOLAIRES] Here is the complete vacation schedule for the 2020-2021 school year, zone by zone. Find out the dates of your children’s school holidays in zones A, B and C.

[Mise à jour du mardi 19 janvier 2021 à 17h30] The next vacation will be February, and, as for spring vacation, the dates are shifted according to the academies. The first to leave will be those in zone A (Besançon, Dijon, Grenoble, Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand, Limoges, Poitiers and Bordeaux) who will be on vacation on February 6, in less than three weeks. Next will be Zone C on February 13, then Zone B on February 20. Although the date of these next holidays is relatively close, many unknowns remain: it is not known whether the curfew, currently in force from 6 p.m., will be further tightened or slightly relaxed, and a re-containment is not. to exclude.

In any case, the ski lifts are likely to remain closed, the government not considering a rapid reopening. At present, the individual practice of snow sports remains authorized in winter sports resorts, but not the use of collective facilities.

The date of the school holidays depends on the area in which the establishment is located. As for school holidays, France is divided into three zones: zones A, B and C. In details :

  • Zone A, to which fall the academies of Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon, Poitiers
  • Zone B, which includes the academies of Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Caen, Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Rouen, Strasbourg
  • Zone C, to which fall the academies of Créteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse, Versailles.

To find out which academy you belong to, you can go to the website of Ministry of Education.

The Christmas holidays for the school year which began in September 2020 begin on Saturday, December 19, 2020, regardless of the zone in which the school is located (Paris, Clermont-Ferrand, Rouen …). Technically, the children are on vacation on Friday December 18, 2020 in the evening. The Christmas holidays end with the resumption of classes on Monday January 4, again, regardless of the zone taken into account.

Below is the official school holiday calendar by zone for the 2020-2021 school year.

Zone A Zone B Zone C
All Saints holidays From Saturday 17 October 2020 to Monday 2 November 2020
Christmas vacation From Saturday 19 December 2020 to Monday 4 January 2021
Winter vacation From Saturday February 6 to Monday February 22, 2021 From Saturday 20 February to Monday 8 March 2021 From Saturday February 13 to Monday March 1, 2021
Spring Break From Saturday April 10 to Monday April 26 2021 From Saturday April 24 to Monday May 10, 2021 From Saturday April 17, 2021 to Monday May 3, 2021
Summer holidays Tuesday July 6, 2021

Also note that the Ascension Bridge, which is a public holiday, will take place from Wednesday 12 to Monday 17 May 2021 regardless of the zone concerned.

Unlike the Christmas holidays, which are identical for everyone regardless of the zone concerned (zone A, zone B or zone C) and whatever the establishment concerned (school, college or high school), the winter holidays 2020, also called February holidays, depend on the area to which the academy belongs. February holidays begin on Saturday February 6, 2021 in the first zone to be on vacation and end with the resumption on Monday March 8, 2021 in the last zone to leave. For the 2020-2021 school year, the first zone to leave for the February holidays is zone A when it was the last zone for the 2019-2021 school year. In detail, the official holiday calendar for February 2021 is as follows:

  • From Saturday February 6 to Monday February 22, 2021 for zone A (Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon, Poitiers)
  • From Saturday February 13 to Monday March 1, 2021 for zone C (Créteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse, Versailles)
  • From Saturday 20 February to Monday 8 March 2021 for zone B (Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Caen, Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Rouen, Strasbourg).

Zone A corresponds to the academies of Besançon, Dijon, Grenoble, Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand, Limoges, Poitiers and Bordeaux. Here is the holiday calendar for the 2019-2020 school year. You are concerned if you live in Belfort, Nevers, Chambéry, Annecy, Valence, Saint-Etienne, Agen, Pau, Niort, Angoulême or La Rochelle. Here are the dates of school holidays in zone A for the 2020-2021 school year.

Date of school holidays in zone A
All Saints holidays From Saturday 17 October to Monday 2 November 2020
Christmas vacation From Saturday 19 December to Monday 4 January 2021
Winter vacation From Saturday February 6 to Monday February 22, 2021
Spring Break From Saturday April 10 to Monday April 26 2021
Summer holidays Tuesday July 6, 2021

Zone B covers the following academies: Strasbourg, Nancy-Metz, Reims, Lille, Amiens, Rouen, Caen, Rennes, Nantes, Orléans-Tours, Nice and Aix-Marseille. You are concerned if you live in the Oise, Aisne or in Lens, Charleville-Mézieres, Brest, Alençon, Evreux, Mulhouse, Toulon or Cannes. Here is the calendar of school holidays in zone B for the year 2020-2021.

Date of school holidays in zone B
All Saints holidays From Saturday 17 October to Monday 2 November 2020
Christmas vacation From Saturday 19 December to Monday 4 January 2021
Winter vacation From Saturday 20 February to Monday 8 March 2021
Spring Break From Saturday April 24 to Monday May 10, 2021
Summer holidays Tuesday July 6, 2021

Zone C corresponds to the academies of Paris, Versailles, Créteil, Toulouse and Montpellier. You are therefore concerned if you live in Paris, Nanterre, Saint-Denis, Créteil, Evry, Cergy, Versailles, Castres, Rodez, Perpignan or Carcassonne. Below is the school holiday calendar in zone C for the 2020-2021 school year.

Zone C
All Saints holidays From Saturday 17 October to Monday 2 November 2020
Christmas vacation From Saturday 19 December to Monday 4 January 2021
Winter vacation From Saturday February 13 to Monday March 1, 2021
Spring Break From Saturday April 17, 2021 to Monday May 3, 2021
Summer holidays Tuesday July 6, 2021

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