Monday 17^th March 2008

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Public holiday, bank holiday, jour férié; call it what you will, days off and long weekends such as the Easter break coming up this month can be a beacon on a worker's annual calendar. France has eleven official national holidays over the course of a year; although it'll effectively be ten this year as Ascension Day falls on the same day as Labour Day, 1 May!

Breaks and bridges

In some countries (notably the UK), public holidays that fall on a weekend are officially replaced by a day off the following Monday, but this is not the case in France.

In France, when a public holiday falls on a Tuesday or Thursday, the odds are high that many smaller and family-run businesses will close on the Monday or Friday in a tradition called "making the bridge" (faire le pont), where the holidays are bridged by taking a day off to turn the period into a four-day break.

• Find out about all the national holidays this year with the Public Holidays in France INFOrmation Page
• And find out, too, how the French School Holidays might affect your plans over the next few months

And if you want to make the most of the coming break, find out about special events in the region by browsing the What's On Guide.

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