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Public holidays in France. There are eleven official public holidays in France, [ 1 ] of which four are movable days which always fall on a weekday. The Alsace region and the Moselle department observe two additional days. [ 2 ] These holidays do not shift when they fall during a weekend, [ 3 ] which means that the average number of observed ...
French Republican Calendar of 1794, drawn by Philibert-Louis Debucourt. The French Republican calendar (French: calendrier républicain français), also commonly called the French Revolutionary calendar (calendrier révolutionnaire français), was a calendar created and implemented during the French Revolution, and used by the French government for about 12 years from late 1793 to 1805, and ...
Map of countries where Christmas is a formal public holiday either on December 24/25 or January 6/7. Colour shading indicates "Days of rest". Note: Slovenia does have two days of rest, but the 26th is not a Christmas-related public holiday (Independence and Unity Day). Many national governments recognize Christmas as an official public holiday ...
December 21: Bonaparte meets with the Irish leader Wolfe Tone to discuss a future French landing in Ireland. December 28: Anti-French riots in Rome, and murder of a French general, Mathurin-Léonard Duphot. December 29: Pope Pius VI apologizes to France for the Rome riots; apologies are rejected by the Directory.
Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the national day of France, which is celebrated on 14 July each year. It is referred to, both legally [ 3 ] and commonly, as le 14 juillet (French: [lə katɔʁz (ə) ʒɥijɛ]) in French, though la fête nationale is also used in the press.
Christmas is celebrated as a public holiday in France on December 25, concurring alongside other countries. Public life on Christmas Day is generally quiet. Post offices, banks, stores, restaurants, cafés and other businesses are closed. Many people in France put up a Christmas tree, visit a special church service, eat an elaborate meal and ...
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Around December 8. Frequency. Annual. The Festival of Lights (French: Fête des lumières, [fɛt de lymjɛʁ]) in Lyon, France is a popular event that originally aimed at expressing gratitude toward Mary, mother of Jesus around December 8 of each year. [2] This unique Lyonnaise tradition dictates that every house place candles along the ...