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The dates of the 2025 spring school holidays

Publié le 13 mars 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Schools, colleges, high schools: the spring school holidays last 2 weeks and are different according to the zones and academies.

The 2025 spring school holidays take place from:

Saturday 19 April to Sunday 4 May for Zone A: Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon and Poitiers;
Saturday 5 April to Sunday 21 April inclusive for zone B: Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Caen, Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Rouen and Strasbourg as well as the Academy of Corsica.
Saturday 12 April to Sunday 27 April inclusive for zone C: Créteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse and Versailles.
Saturday 12 April to Sunday 27 April inclusive for Corsica.

The 3 academic areas are concerned for the spring school holidays as well as the Corsican Academy.

Zone A includes the academies of Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon, Poitiers;
Area B includes the academies of Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Nice, Normandy, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Strasbourg;
Area C includes the academies of Créteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse, Versailles.

FYI

May 29 is Ascension Thursday. Classes will be held on Friday 30 and Saturday 31 May.

Please note

To learn more about specific dates for Overseas, you can use the school holiday calendar simulator of Service-Public.fr.

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