Due to over-crowding in tourist resorts such as the Mediterranean coast and the ski resorts the school holiday dates in France are staggereddby dividing the country into three zones.by dividing the country into three zones.
Holidays are divided into three separate zones except for the first two French school holidays of the academic year: All Saints and the Christmas / New Year holiday.
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Half Term Dates and School Holidays in France, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
Choose an area of France from the list below to view the latest published holidays in France.
Vacances scolaires en France.
All Saints holidays in France start one week before November and last one week and a half or two
Christmas holidays start a couple of days before Christmas itself and last two weeks encompassing New Year's day.
Winter holidays last two weeks and
are distributed in France depending on zones between the second week of February and the first week of March.
The Easter school holidays last two weeks and are distributed in France depending on zones between the second week of April and the first week of May.
Official Published School Holidays in France
Official French school holidays for Zones A, B and C
The above page is in French but Google Chrome will offer to translate. The link above is direct to the education authority.
English Language Site - Not Official French Page
France Zone A areas include:
Caen, Rennes, and Nantes in the North West, Toulouse, Clermont-Ferrand, Lyon, Grenoble and Montpellier in the South, and Nancy-Metz in the North East.
Zone B areas include:
Lille, Rouen, Amiens, Reims, Strasbourg, Besançon, Dijon, Orléans-Tours, Poitiers, Limoges in central France (but excluding Paris) and Aix-Marseille and Nice in the South East.
Zone C include:
Paris and Versailles, Créteil along with Bordeaux in the South West.
The UK could learn a lot from the French example of zoning the holiday dates, there is less strain on the transport system, there is more availability with regards to holiday accommodation and there is less time spent watching the tailgate of the vehicle in front.
Why not choose France for your next school summer holiday break, with regular ferry crossings, the channel tunnel and low coast airlines, there really is no excuse to be sat on the M25 with the masses.
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