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French statutory annual leave is five weeks. The legal counting method commonly expresses this as 30 working days where Saturdays can count, equivalent to about 25 five-day workdays.

Statutory paid annual leave5 weeks; statutory counting can be 30 working days including Saturdays (≈25 five-day workdays)Annual-leave context
Comparable 5-day-week equivalent25 daysNormalized comparison value; see method below.
Official sourceVerifiedService-Public.fr
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How to make your leave go further

Public-holiday planning

  • Easter Monday, Ascension Day and Whit Monday often produce useful spring combinations.
  • Fixed-date holidays in May can create bridges (“faire le pont”) when they fall on Tuesdays or Thursdays.
  • Check local exceptions such as Alsace-Moselle where relevant.

Legal basis and comparison method

French statutory annual leave is five weeks. The legal counting method commonly expresses this as 30 working days where Saturdays can count, equivalent to about 25 five-day workdays.

Regional and calendar caveats

The planner combines weekends with supported public-holiday data and can use first-level regional calendars where the dataset provides them. Employer-specific, municipal and sector-specific days can still differ.

Official employment source: Service-Public.fr. Open official guidance ↗

This is a planning aid, not employment-law advice. Entitlement can depend on tenure, work pattern, sector, contract, collective agreement and regional law.

Planner

The planner combines weekends with supported public-holiday data and can use first-level regional calendars where the dataset provides them. Employer-specific, municipal and sector-specific days can still differ.

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