School holiday dates 2011/12
School year starts for teachers (Rentrée des enseignants): Friday 2nd September 2011
School year starts for pupils (Rentrée des éléves): Monday 5th September 2011
See detailled rentrée programme for Collège and Lycée pupils
Details of holidays for other years and other zones are to be found on http://www.education.gouv.fr/
Lyon is in zone A.
Holidays start | Classes resume | |
|---|---|---|
Autumn break Vacances de la Toussaint | Saturday 22th October 2011 | Wednesday 2nd November 2011 |
Christmas holidays Vacances de Noël | Saturday 17th December 2011 | Tuesday 3rd January 2012 |
Winter break Vacances d'hiver | Saturday 11th February 2012 | Monday 27th February 2012 |
Spring break Vacances de printemps | Saturday 7th April 2012 | Monday 23rd April 2012 |
Summer holidays Vacances d'été | Friday 5th July 2012 | Tuesday 4th September 2012 |
Other French statutory holidays:
Armistice day (Armistice 1918) : Friday 11th November 2011
Easter Monday (Lundi de pâques) : Monday 9th April 2012
May day (Fête du travail) : Tuesday 1st May 2012
End of WW2 (Victoire 1945) : Tuesday 8th May 2012
Ascension day (Jeudi de l'ascension) : Thursday 17th and Friday 18th May 2012
Pentecost (Lundi de pentecôte) : Monday 28th May 2012