1 dayWed, Jan 1
New Year's Day — a lone day off, bridge it:
1
Stretch it: take 2 days of leave (Dec 30–31) for 5 days off (Dec 28 – Jan 1).
🇫🇷
Long Weekends in France 2025
France has 4 long weekends (3 or more consecutive days off) in 2025, counting public holidays and Sat–Sun weekends; the longest natural break runs 3 days (Apr 19 – 21). Placed well, 1 day of leave stretches a break to 4 consecutive days off — every option is below.
- Long weekends
- 4
- Longest break
- 3 days
- Best bridge
- +1 → 4 days
- Weekend
- Sat–Sun
Subscribe to or print France holidays →
Every break in 2025
Public holidayWeekendLeave day
3 daysSat, Apr 19 – Mon, Apr 21
192021
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (Apr 22–25) for 9 days off (Apr 19 – 27).
1 dayThu, May 1
Labour Day — a lone day off, bridge it:
1
Stretch it: take 1 day of leave (May 2) for 4 days off (May 1 – 4).
1 dayThu, May 8
Victory Day — a lone day off, bridge it:
8
Stretch it: take 1 day of leave (May 9) for 4 days off (May 8 – 11).
1 dayThu, May 29
Ascension Day — a lone day off, bridge it:
29
Stretch it: take 1 day of leave (May 30) for 4 days off (May 29 – Jun 1).
3 daysSat, Jun 7 – Mon, Jun 9
789
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (Jun 10–13) for 9 days off (Jun 7 – 15).
3 daysSat, Jul 12 – Mon, Jul 14
121314
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (Jul 15–18) for 9 days off (Jul 12 – 20).
3 daysFri, Aug 15 – Sun, Aug 17
151617
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (Aug 11–14) for 9 days off (Aug 9 – 17).
2 daysSat, Nov 1 – Sun, Nov 2
12
1 dayTue, Nov 11
Armistice Day — a lone day off, bridge it:
11
Stretch it: take 1 day of leave (Nov 10) for 4 days off (Nov 8 – 11).
1 dayThu, Dec 25
Christmas Day — a lone day off, bridge it:
25
Stretch it: take 1 day of leave (Dec 26) for 4 days off (Dec 25 – 28).
All bridge plans, ranked by date
Each plan books leave only on working days between two natural breaks, so every one of them returns more than one day off per day of leave.
| Days off | Leave | Span |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2d · Dec 30–31 | Dec 28 – Jan 1 |
| 9 | 4d · Dec 30–31 + Jan 2–3 | Dec 28 – Jan 5 |
| 5 | 2d · Jan 2–3 | Jan 1 – 5 |
| 9 | 4d · Apr 22–25 | Apr 19 – 27 |
| 6 | 3d · Apr 28–30 | Apr 26 – May 1 |
| 9 | 4d · Apr 28–30 + May 2 | Apr 26 – May 4 |
| 4Best value | 1d · May 2 | May 1 – 4 |
| 8 | 4d · May 2 + May 5–7 | May 1 – 8 |
| 6 | 3d · May 5–7 | May 3 – 8 |
| 9 | 4d · May 5–7 + May 9 | May 3 – 11 |
| 4 | 1d · May 9 | May 8 – 11 |
| 6 | 3d · May 26–28 | May 24 – 29 |
| 9 | 4d · May 26–28 + May 30 | May 24 – Jun 1 |
| 4 | 1d · May 30 | May 29 – Jun 1 |
| 9 | 4d · Jun 10–13 | Jun 7 – 15 |
| 9 | 4d · Jul 15–18 | Jul 12 – 20 |
| 9 | 4d · Aug 11–14 | Aug 9 – 17 |
| 4 | 1d · Nov 10 | Nov 8 – 11 |
| 9 | 4d · Nov 10 + Nov 12–14 | Nov 8 – 16 |
| 6 | 3d · Nov 12–14 | Nov 11 – 16 |
| 6 | 3d · Dec 22–24 | Dec 20 – 25 |
| 9 | 4d · Dec 22–24 + Dec 26 | Dec 20 – 28 |
| 4 | 1d · Dec 26 | Dec 25 – 28 |
| 8 | 4d · Dec 26 + Dec 29–31 | Dec 25 – Jan 1 |
| 6 | 3d · Dec 29–31 | Dec 27 – Jan 1 |
| 9 | 4d · Dec 29–31 + Jan 2 | Dec 27 – Jan 4 |
Computed from France's public holidays plus Sat–Sun weekends. Substitute days count as days off; observances don't. Bridges spend at most 4 leave days, booked only on working days.