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:: Country:  France
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:: Language: French
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:: Author:   Jean-Claude Giese <giese@loria.fr>
::           Pierre Buard <pierre.buard@gmail.com>
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:: Updated:  2010-05-30
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:: Source:   http://www.codes-et-lois.fr/code-du-travail/article-l3133-1
::           http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fêtes_et_jours_fériés_en_France
::           http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_France
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::           Please keep all the following files in sync with French national holidays
::            * France                FR
::            * French Guiana         GF
::            * Guadeloupe            GP
::            * Martinique            MQ
::            * New Caledonia         NC
::            * French Polynesia      PF
::            * Réunion               RE
::            * Wallis and Futuna     WF
::            * Mayotte               YT
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:: Metadata
country     "FR"
language    "fr"
:name        "optional - defaults to country name"
:           "National holiday file for France"
description "Fêtes et jours fériés en France"

:: Public Holidays - Fêtes civiles et jours fériés
: New Year's Day
"Jour de l'an"              public on january 1
: Easter
"Pâques"                    public religious on easter length 2 days
"Ascension"                 public religious on easter plus 39 days
"Pentecôte"                 public religious on easter plus 49 days length 2 days
: Labor day
"Fête du Travail"           public on may 1
: WW2 armistice
"Fête de la Victoire"       public on may 8
: National day
"Fête nationale"            public on july 14
: Assumption
"Assomption"                public religious on august 15
: All saints day
"Toussaint"                 public religious on november 1
: WW1 armistice
"Armistice de 1918"         public on november 11
: Christmas day
"Noël"                      public religious on december 25

:: Territorial and Regional holidays

: Alsace
: Good Friday
:"Vendredi saint"           public religious on easter minus 2 days
:"St Étienne"               public religious on december 26

: Moselle
: Good Friday
:"Vendredi saint"           public religious on easter minus 2 days
:"St Étienne"               public religious on december 26

:: Religious - Fêtes religieuses
"Épiphanie"                 religious on first sunday in january
: Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
"Chandeleur"                religious on february 2
"Mardi Gras"                religious on easter minus 47 days
: Ash Wednesday
"Mercredi des Cendres"      religious on easter minus 46 days
: Good Friday
"Vendredi saint"            religious on easter minus 2 days
: Day of the dead
"Fête des morts"            religious on november 2
"St Étienne"                religious on december 26

:: Financial

:: Cultural - Fêtes civiles non fériées
: Valentine's day
"Fête des amoureux"         cultural on february 14
: Grandmothers' day
"Fête des grands-mères"     cultural on first sunday in march
: Remembrance of the Deportees
"Souvenir des Déportés"     commemorative on last sunday in april
: Europe day
"Journée de l'Europe"       cultural on may 9
: Remembrance of slavery
"Mémoire de l'esclavage"    commemorative on may 10
: Neighbors' day
"Fête des voisins"          cultural on last tuesday in may
: Mothers' day, move if clashes with Pentecost
"Fête des mères"            cultural  on ( ( [last sunday in may] == ([easter] + 49 days) ) ? [first sunday in june] : [last sunday in may] )
: or 'first sunday in june' if same day as Pentecôte
: Fathers' day
"Fête des pères"            cultural on third sunday in june
: Fatalities in the 1st Indochina war
"Morts en Indochine"        commemorative on june 8
: Music day
"Fête de la Musique"        cultural on june 21
: St John
"Fête de la Saint Jean"     cultural on june 24
: Homage to the Harkis
"Hommage aux Harkis"        commemorative on september 25
: Fatalities in the Algerian war
"Morts en Algérie"          commemorative on december 5

:: School

:: Daylight Saving
: summer
"Heure d'été"               seasonal on last sunday in march
: winter
"Heure d'hiver"             seasonal on last sunday in october

:: Name Days