:: :: Country: Belgium :: :: Language: French :: :: Author: Guido van Rossum, CWI, Amsterdam :: Danny Backx :: Jean Cayron :: :: Updated: :: :: Source: :: :: Metadata country "BE" language "fr" :name "optional - defaults to country name" :description "(please add description in source language) National holiday file for Belgium" :: Public Holidays "Jour de l'an" public on january 1 "Pâques" public religious on easter "Lundi de Pâques" public on easter plus 1 day "Fête du travail" public on may 1 "Ascencion" public religious on easter plus 39 days "Pentecôte" public religious on easter plus 49 days "Lundi de Pentecôte" public religious on easter plus 50 days "Fête nationale - Férié" public on july 21 "Assomption" public religious on august 15 "Toussaint" public on november 1 "Armistice" public on november 11 "Noël" public religious on december 25 :: Religious "Épiphanie" religious on january 6 "Mardi-gras" religious on easter minus 47 days "Mercredi des cendres" religious on easter minus 46 days "Dimanche des rameaux" religious on easter minus 7 days "Jeudi saint" religious on easter minus 3 days "Vendredi saint" religious on easter minus 2 days "Saint Nicolas" religious on december 06 "Saint-Sylvestre" religious on december 31 :: Financial :: Cultural "Fête des mères" cultural on every second sunday in may "Fête des pères" cultural on every second sunday in june "Fête de la Communauté flamande" cultural on july 11 "Fête de la Communauté française de Belgique" cultural on september 27 "Fêtes de Wallonie" cultural on every third sunday in september "Fête de la Communauté germanophone de Belgique" cultural on november 15 :: School :: Daylight Saving :: Seasons :: Name Days :: To be sorted "Chandeleur" civil on february 2 "Jour des morts" civil on november 2