Easter Holiday Period in France

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Does the bureaucracy slow down or close during school holiday over Easter period in France? Business as usual for mairie and notaire?

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A lot of the jours fériées fall on mondays and thursdays this year, so as well as things being closed on these days many will add on an extra day to make a long weekend. So

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Are public holidays

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Always best to check at one’s Mairie (and Notaire) if planning/hoping to visit 'em around holiday times. :+1: :crossed_fingers:

I know ours will put a large notice on the door, warning of an impending closure… and what to do in an emergency.

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French schools don’t have Easter holidays like British schools do. Their spring holidays aren’t based around the Easter weekend in the same way.

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But also, as we found last year, life can stop almost completely for businesses around bank holiday times.

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& deliveries :wink:

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Yep, and deliveries. :laughing:

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Thanks Stella. If we can’t physically visit the Mairie, will they normally put notice of the opening days/hours during holiday on their website?

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Yes, we have googled their school term dates, and also noticed they have different zones for staggered school holidays.

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hopefully not stop for the whole 2 weeks…

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The mairie may be better, but my friend above was referring to me trying to order a bath and get it delivered during bank holiday season, which coincided with our visit. It just wasn’t happening in those 2 weeks of May.

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It’s not that but the World doesn’t shut down over Easter in France like it does in the U.K. The thing to look out for are the bank holiday dates that Jane gave you. Expect everything (except supermarkets) to be closed on those dates and with the Thursdays be aware that places might be closed on the Friday as well. In your original question you seemed to think that the school holidays over Easter might have a knock on effect to other businesses and offices, that model isn’t appropriate. The staggered term dates are completely different.

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Thank you David. Does French bureaucracy slow down during spring school holiday like it in the summer (July August)? As I heard before the process gets slowed down in the summer.

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why not check out their website… :+1:
our Mairie uses Panneau Pocket as well but, of course, they do the basic notice as not everyone has a computer/smart phone (this is Brigadoon country :wink: )

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