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As soon as the school year begins, students eagerly await the first break of the year: the All Saints’ Day holidays. These fall each autumn in mid-October and apply to all school zones, without any distinction between zones A, B, or C. In 2025, this period of shared holidays for nearly 12 million elementary and middle school students will end with classes resuming at the beginning of November.

What are the 2025 All Saints’ Day holiday dates for each zone?

Across France, the 2025 All Saints’ Day holidays will occur on the same dates, regardless of the academic sector. Like the Christmas holidays, this period is the same for all three zones A, B, and C. Students from zone A (Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon, and Poitiers), zone B (Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Caen, Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Rouen, and Strasbourg), and zone C (Créteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse, and Versailles) will therefore be off from Saturday, October 18, to Monday, November 3, 2025, the date classes resume.

When will the 2026 All Saints’ Day holidays occur?

For the 2026-2027 school year, the All Saints’ Day holidays will continue to be the same for all three academic zones. According to the official calendar of the Ministry of National Education, students from zones A, B, and C will all be on holiday at the same time, from Saturday, October 17, to Monday, November 2, 2026.