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Discover the dates of the 2026-2027 school holidays

Publié le 24 octobre 2025 - Mise à jour le 16 juillet 2026 - Public Service / (Prime Minister)

The 2026-2027 school holidays calendar has been published in Official journal of the French Republic of 23 October 2025. Here are the dates of the different zones.

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The 2026-2027 school calendar was set by an order of 22 October 2025.

The dates of school holidays depend on the area where the school is located. Metropolitan France is divided into 3 academic zones to which must be added the Corsican academy:

  • Zone A: Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon, Poitiers.
  • Zone B: Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Nice, Normandy, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Strasbourg.
  • Zone C: Créteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse, Versailles.
School holidays 2026-2027

The start of the holidays takes place after class and the resumption of classes, on the morning of the days indicated. Adjustments may be made, particularly because of the end-of-year exams at the college or high school.

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Consult the dates of the 2026/2027 school holidays for the overseas departments.

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One simulator allows you to access the calendar of your department. You just have to indicate the name of your department or territory to get in one click all the dates of the holidays of All Saints, Christmas, winter, spring and summer that directly concern you.

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