Day Date Month Holiday Friday 01 Jan New Year's Day Monday 28 Mar Easter Monday Sunday 01 May Labor Day / May Day Thursday 05 May Ascension Day Sunday 08 May WWII Victory Day Monday 16 May Whit Monday Thursday 14 Jul Bastille Day Monday 15 Aug Assumption of Mary Tuesday 01 Nov All Saints' Day Friday 11 Nov Armistice Day Sunday 25 Dec Christmas Day Source: http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/france/2016