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School holidays: 2022-2023 calendar, dates by zone and list of public holidays

2022-06-29T14:39:14.702Z


Discover the 2022-2023 school calendar with the key dates to know to best organize your future trip: back to school, vacations and public holidays for zones A, B and C.


Only a few more days to wait before the start of the summer holidays.

This year, the summer vacation begins on Thursday, July 7, after class.

A date that surprises parents and children since school holidays generally start on Friday evening or Saturday after class.

In order to best prepare for your future trip, consult without delay the 2022-2023 calendar containing the dates of the start of the school year, the All Saints' Day holidays, Christmas, February or Easter for zone A, B or C. The start of the school year will therefore take place on Thursday, September 1, 2022, while teachers will do their pre-start on August 31.

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Regarding public holidays, the 2022-2023 school year will include three long weekends with Mondays May 1 and 8 then Whit Monday in early June as well as a long weekend on Ascension Thursday in mid-May.

Find below our simplified calendar containing the dates of the next school holidays 2022 and 2023 for each zone in order to prepare in advance your future escapades in the green, in the sun, in France or elsewhere.

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What are the dates of the next school holidays 2022?

Summer vacation (also known as major vacation) will begin on Thursday, July 7.

The start of the 2022 school year is scheduled for Thursday, September 1.

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What are the dates of the 2022-2023 school holidays for zone A, B, C?

Back to school

:

Thursday, September 1, 2022

All Saints holidays:

from Saturday October 22, 2022 to Monday November 7, 2022

Christmas holidays:

from Saturday December 17, 2022 to Monday January 2, 2023

Winter vacation :

Zone A: from Saturday February 4, 2023 to Monday February 20, 2023

Zone B: from Saturday February 11, 2023 to Monday February 27, 2023

Zone C: from Saturday February 18, 2023 to Monday March 6, 2023

Spring Break :

Zone A: from Saturday April 8, 2023 to Monday April 24, 2023

Zone B: from Saturday April 15, 2023 to Tuesday May 2, 2023

Zone C: from Saturday April 22, 2023 to Tuesday May 9, 2023

Summer holidays:

Saturday July 8, 2023

In 2023, school children in France will not have lessons on Friday May 19 and Saturday May 20 due to the Ascension Bridge.

What is the map of zones A, B and C for school holidays?

Zone A includes the academies of Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon and Poitiers.

The dates of the All Saints' Day and Christmas holidays are common to the three zones.

Those of February and Easter are staggered.

In 2022, zone B leads the way, followed by zone A and then zone C. In 2023, zones A and B swap places.

The order will be: A, B then C.

What are the dates of the school holidays in zone A?

Zone A

includes the academies of Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon and Poitiers.

You belong to

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.

Zone C

includes the academies of Créteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse and Versailles.

For the year 2021-2022, the dates of the

spring holidays

are fixed from Saturday April 16 to Monday May 2, 2022.

For the year 2022-2023, the All Saints' Day and Christmas holidays will take place, as in all zones, from Saturday October 22 to Monday November 7, 2022, and from Saturday December 17 to Tuesday January 3, 2023. Winter and Spring, the pupils of zone A will leave the class first.

They will take place from Saturday February 4 to Monday February 20, 2023, and from Saturday April 8 to Monday April 24, 2023.

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What are the dates of the school holidays in zone B?

You belong to 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 is on vacation before the others, from Saturday April 9 to Monday April 25, 2022 for

spring

.

For the year 2022-2023, the All Saints' Day and Christmas holidays will take place, as in all zones, from Saturday October 22 to Monday November 7, 2022 from Saturday December 17 to Tuesday January 3, 2023. For winter and Spring, schoolchildren in zone B will not have lessons from Saturday February 11 to Monday February 27, 2023 and from Saturday April 15 to Tuesday May 2, 2023.

What are the school holiday dates for Zone C?

Zone C includes the academies of Créteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse and Versailles.

In 2022,

spring break

will take place from Saturday April 23, 2022 to Monday May 9, 2022 for spring.

For the year 2022-2023, the All Saints' Day and Christmas holidays will take place, as in all zones, from Saturday October 22 to Monday November 7, 2022 from Saturday December 17 to Tuesday January 3, 2023. For winter and of Spring, the schoolchildren of zone C go on vacation the last.

They will take place from Saturday February 18 to Monday March 6, 2023 and from Saturday April 22 to Tuesday May 9, 2023.

The vacation dates of the academies of Corsica, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Reunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon are specific.

To know them, you can consult the government website.

What are the dates of the 2022 public holidays?

Of the 11 annual public holidays, only four do not fall during school holidays or a weekend in the 2021-2022 school year.

These are World War I Armistice Day, Easter Monday, Ascension Day and Whit Monday.

Such is the hard law of the calendar.

What are the dates of the 2023 public holidays?

Of the 11 public holidays in 2023, only Ascension Thursday (on May 18) will make it possible to bridge the gap.

The ministry has indeed affirmed that Friday 19 and Saturday 20, “classes will go”.

May 1 and May 8 will both fall on a Monday in 2023, and May 29, Whit Monday, is declared “school-free”.

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Source: lefigaro

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