Holidays are mostly French-French and European (Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal ...) lately due to travel restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the meteoric emergence of the Omicron variant.
The 2021-2022 school calendar being known and available on the National Education website, French families can already prepare floor on holiday plans, weekends ... and more particularly the next February holidays, including the dates are shifted in the three zones A, B and C. Remember that the health pass is compulsory in France for travel by plane, train and interregional bus since August.
A vaccination pass should succeed him soon.
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To organize your family vacation, here is all the useful information on the school vacation dates for this second half of the year 2021-2022 in the three academic zones A, B and C. What to prepare until the last minute, in depending on the evolution of the health situation, your next escapades in the mountains, in the sun, in France or abroad by anticipating the bridges or the summer period.
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What are the dates of the next 2022 school holidays in each zone?
During the 2021-2022 academic year, classes will be held on Friday, May 27.
The students will therefore cross the Ascension Bridge from Thursday May 26 to Monday May 30, 2022. The start of summer vacation is scheduled for Thursday July 7, 2022.
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Map: are you in zone A, B or C?
The dates of the All Saints' Day and Christmas holidays are common to the three zones.
What are the school vacation dates for zone A?
Zone A brings together the academies of Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon and Poitiers.
For the year 2021-2022, the dates of the winter holidays in zone A are scheduled from Saturday February 12 to Monday February 28, 2022. The spring holidays will take place from Saturday April 16 to Monday May 2, 2022.
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What are the school holiday dates for zone B?
You are part of zone B if you or your children are educated in the academies of Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Caen, Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Rouen and Strasbourg.
For the year 2021-2022, zone B will be on vacation before the others, from Saturday February 5 to Monday February 21, 2022 for winter, then from Saturday April 9 to Monday April 25, 2022 for spring.
What are the school vacation dates for zone C?
Zone C brings together the academies of Créteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse and Versailles.
In 2022, the holidays will take place from Saturday February 19, 2022 to Monday March 7, 2022 for winter, and from Saturday April 23, 2022 to Monday May 9, 2022 for spring.
The vacation dates for the academies of Corsica, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon are specific.
To find out about them, you can consult the government site.
What are the public holidays in 2022 and 2023?
Of the 11 annual public holidays, only four do not fall during school holidays or a weekend in the 2020-2021 school year.
These are the armistice of the First World War, Easter Monday, Ascension Day and Pentecost Monday.
During the 2021-2022 school year, three public holidays will be located outside school holidays and weekends for zones A and B. This is the armistice of the First World War, Easter Monday (for the zone C), Ascension Thursday, and Pentecost Monday.
Pupils in zone C will therefore benefit from a day without additional school.
This is the harsh law of the calendar.
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