:: :: Country: French Guiana :: :: Language: French :: :: Author: Jean-Claude Giese :: Pierre Buard :: :: Updated: 2010-05-30 :: :: 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 :: :: 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 :: :: Metadata country "GF" language "fr" :name "optional - defaults to country name" : "National holiday file for French Guiana" description "Fêtes et jours fériés en Guyane" :: 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 on august 15 : All saints day "Toussaint" public on november 1 : WW1 armistice "Armistice de 1918" public on november 11 : Christmas day "Noël" public religious on december 25 :: Territorial and Regional holidays : Abolition of Slavery "Abolition de l'esclavage" public on june 10 :: 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