Day Date Month Holiday Tuesday 1 Jan New Year's Day Wednesday 20 Mar March equinox Friday 19 Apr Good Friday Monday 20 Apr Easter Monday Wednesday 1 May Labor Day/May Day Wednesday 8 May WWII Victory Day Thursday 30 May Ascension Day Monday 10 Jun Whit Monday Friday 21 Jun June Solstice Thursday 15 Aug Assumption of Mary Monday 23 Sep September Equinox Friday 1 Nov All Saints' Day Monday 11 Nov Armistice Day Tuesday 24 Dec Christmas Eve Wednesday 25 Dec Christmas Day Thursday 26 Dec St Stephen's Day Tuesday 31 Dec New Year's Eve Source: www.timeanddate.com/holidays/france/2019