Holidays in France 2027

France observes 11 national jours fériés in 2027, but 4 of them land on a Saturday or Sunday. Fête du Travail on 1 May, Fête de la Victoire 1945 on 8 May, Assomption on 15 August, and Noël on 25 December all collide with the weekend, leaving only 7 weekday-falling jours fériés to reduce the working-day count. The result is 254 jours ouvrés on the national-only count.

2027 jours fériés calendar

Date	Day	Holiday	Notes
Jan 1	Friday	Jour de l'An	Jour de l'An on a Friday opens the year with a three-day weekend.
Mar 29	Monday	Lundi de Pâques	Lundi de Pâques arrives early in 2027, closing the four-day Easter weekend that opened on 26 March.
May 1	Saturday (weekend)	Fête du Travail	Fête du Travail lands on a Saturday and is absorbed into the weekend.
May 6	Thursday	Ascension	Ascension on a Thursday makes Friday 7 May the strongest pont du vendredi candidate of 2027.
May 8	Saturday (weekend)	Fête de la Victoire 1945	Fête de la Victoire 1945 lands on a Saturday, two days after Ascension.
May 17	Monday	Lundi de Pentecôte	Lundi de Pentecôte closes a four-day Pentecost weekend.
Jul 14	Wednesday	Fête Nationale	Fête Nationale on a Wednesday breaks the working week without an obvious pont opportunity.
Aug 15	Sunday (weekend)	Assomption	Assomption lands on a Sunday and is absorbed into the August weekend.
Nov 1	Monday	Toussaint	Toussaint on a Monday produces a three-day weekend.
Nov 11	Thursday	Armistice 1918	Armistice 1918 on a Thursday makes Friday 12 November a pont du vendredi candidate.
Dec 25	Saturday (weekend)	Noël	Noël lands on a Saturday and is absorbed into the Christmas weekend.

2027 year summary

Total days

365

Weekend days

104

Jours fériés on weekdays

Jours ouvrés

254

With four jours fériés on the weekend, 2027 has more jours ouvrés than 2026. URSSAF déclarations sociales due on the 5th and 15th of each month will only shift to the next jour ouvré in months where the deadline collides with a weekend or weekday-falling jour férié; the calendar pattern in 2027 keeps most months on the original due date.

Ponts to plan around

Friday 7 May (after Ascension on Thursday 6 May) is the strongest pont du vendredi of 2027. Friday 12 November (after Armistice on Thursday 11 November) is a second pont du vendredi candidate. Lundi de Pâques on 29 March and Lundi de Pentecôte on 17 May already give three- and four-day weekends without taking extra leave. Fête Nationale on Wednesday 14 July does not lend itself to a clean pont, though some industries close the entire week.

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Holidays in France 2027 - FAQ

How many national jours fériés does France have in 2027?

France observes 11 national jours fériés in 2027 under Article L3133-1 of the Code du travail. 7 fall on a weekday and 4 land on a weekend. Three of the four weekend collisions stack in May (Fête du Travail and Fête de la Victoire) and around Christmas (Noël on Saturday).

How many jours ouvrés does France have in 2027?

France has 254 jours ouvrés in 2027 on the national-only count, with 7 weekday-falling jours fériés reducing the working-day total. Because 4 jours fériés land on the weekend in 2027, the working-day total is higher than 2026.

Why does 2027 have so many weekend collisions?

France does not shift jours fériés to a substitute weekday. In 2027, Fête du Travail (1 May), Fête de la Victoire 1945 (8 May), Assomption (15 August), and Noël (25 December) all land on a Saturday or Sunday. Because the Code du travail offers no national in-lieu day, the weekend collisions translate directly into a longer working year unless your convention collective grants substitute repos compensateurs.