Bridge days in France 2026
Public holidays, bridge days and long weekends for France in 2026. Set your leave days and see where to book them.
Weekends and public holidays are free. Every other day off costs one leave day.
Best plan for 5 leave days
17 days off in 4 breaks. Leave days used: 5 of 5.
Select a break to mark it in the calendar and save it as .ics.
- Public holiday
- Weekend
- Leave day to book
- Selected break
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1, Public holiday: New Year's Day | 2, Leave day to book | 3, Weekend | 4, Weekend | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10, Weekend | 11, Weekend |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17, Weekend | 18, Weekend |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24, Weekend | 25, Weekend |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31, Weekend |
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1, Weekend | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7, Weekend | 8, Weekend |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14, Weekend | 15, Weekend |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21, Weekend | 22, Weekend |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28, Weekend |
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1, Weekend | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7, Weekend | 8, Weekend |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14, Weekend | 15, Weekend |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21, Weekend | 22, Weekend |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28, Weekend | 29, Weekend |
| 30 | 31 |
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4, Weekend | 5, Weekend | ||
| 6, Public holiday: Easter Monday | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11, Weekend | 12, Weekend |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18, Weekend | 19, Weekend |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25, Weekend | 26, Weekend |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1, Public holiday: Labour Day | 2, Weekend | 3, Weekend | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8, Public holiday: Victory in Europe Day | 9, Weekend | 10, Weekend |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14, Public holiday: Ascension Day | 15, Leave day to book | 16, Weekend | 17, Weekend |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23, Weekend | 24, Weekend |
| 25, Public holiday: Whit Monday | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30, Weekend | 31, Weekend |
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6, Weekend | 7, Weekend |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13, Weekend | 14, Weekend |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20, Weekend | 21, Weekend |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27, Weekend | 28, Weekend |
| 29 | 30 |
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4, Weekend | 5, Weekend | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11, Weekend | 12, Weekend |
| 13, Leave day to book | 14, Public holiday: Bastille Day | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18, Weekend | 19, Weekend |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25, Weekend | 26, Weekend |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1, Weekend | 2, Weekend | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8, Weekend | 9, Weekend |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15, Public holiday: Assumption Day | 16, Weekend |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22, Weekend | 23, Weekend |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29, Weekend | 30, Weekend |
| 31 |
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5, Weekend | 6, Weekend | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12, Weekend | 13, Weekend |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19, Weekend | 20, Weekend |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26, Weekend | 27, Weekend |
| 28 | 29 | 30 |
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3, Weekend | 4, Weekend | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10, Weekend | 11, Weekend |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17, Weekend | 18, Weekend |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24, Weekend | 25, Weekend |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31, Weekend |
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1, Public holiday: All Saints' Day | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7, Weekend | 8, Weekend |
| 9, Leave day to book | 10, Leave day to book | 11, Public holiday: Armistice Day | 12 | 13 | 14, Weekend | 15, Weekend |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21, Weekend | 22, Weekend |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28, Weekend | 29, Weekend |
| 30 |
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5, Weekend | 6, Weekend | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12, Weekend | 13, Weekend |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19, Weekend | 20, Weekend |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25, Public holiday: Christmas Day | 26, Weekend | 27, Weekend |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
Long weekends that need no leave
- 4 – 6 Apr3 days off
- 1 – 3 May3 days off
- 8 – 10 May3 days off
- 23 – 25 May3 days off
- 25 – 27 Dec3 days off
Holiday data from Nager.Date, fetched 15 October 2026.
Public holidays in France 2026
Nager.Date lists 11 nationwide public holidays for France in 2026. Holidays on a weekday: 9. Holidays on a weekend: 2.
Best one-day bridge: 1 – 4 Jan, 4 days off for one leave day.
With 5 leave days the best plan gives 17 days off in total.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Thursday | Jour de l'an · New Year's Day | Nationwide |
| 6 April | Monday | Lundi de Pâques · Easter Monday | Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Fête du Travail · Labour Day | Nationwide |
| 8 May | Friday | Victoire 1945 · Victory in Europe Day | Nationwide |
| 14 May | Thursday | Ascension · Ascension Day | Nationwide |
| 25 May | Monday | Lundi de Pentecôte · Whit Monday | Nationwide |
| 14 July | Tuesday | Fête nationale · Bastille Day | Nationwide |
| 15 August | Saturday | Assomption · Assumption Day | Nationwide |
| 1 November | Sunday | Toussaint · All Saints' Day | Nationwide |
| 11 November | Wednesday | Armistice 1918 · Armistice Day | Nationwide |
| 25 December | Friday | Noël · Christmas Day | Nationwide |
Only days that Nager.Date marks as public holidays count. Bank, school and optional days are left out.
Source: Nager.Date, fetched 15 October 2026.