The French for: bank holiday/public holiday/legal holiday is un
jour férié
Monegasque organisations and businesses close on public holidays.
Although some shopping centres and grocers open for part of the day, the majority of shops do not.
Police stations and hospitals do not close.
When a public holiday falls on a Thursday or Tuesday, it is common practice to
"make the bridge" (faire le pont) by taking off the Friday or
Monday so creating a very long weekend.
National Public Holidays in Monaco 2009
1 January
New Year's Day/Jour de l'An
(Thursday)
27 January
Saint-Dévote’s Day (Tuesday)
13 April
Easter Monday/Lundi de Pâques
1 May
Labour Day (Friday)
21 May
Ascension Day (Thursday)
1 June
Pentecost (Monday)
11 June
Corpus Christi/Fête Dieu (Thursday)
15 August
Assumption Day (Saturday)
1 November
All Saints' Day/Toussaint (Sunday)
2 November
Holiday in
place ofToussaint on the Sunday (Monday)
19 November
Monaco National Day/Fête de S.A.S. le Prince Souverain
(Thursday)
8 December
Immaculate Conception (Tuesday)
25 December
Christmas Day (Friday)
National Public Holidays in France 2009
1 January
New Year's Day/Nouvel An
(Thursday)
12 April
Easter Sunday/Paques
13 April
Easter Monday/Lundi de Paques
1 May
Labour Day/Fête du Travail (Friday)
21 May
Ascension Day (Thursday)
8 May
WWII Victory
Day/Fête de la Victoire 1945 (Friday)
31 May
Pentecost (Sunday)
1 June
Pentecost Monday (reinstated for 2008)
14 July
Bastille Day, France's national holiday
(Tuesday)
15 August
Assumption Day (Saturday)
1 November
All Saints' Day/Toussaint
(Sunday)
11 November
Armistice Day 1918 (Wednesday)
25 December
Christmas Day/Noël (Friday)
National Public Holidays in Italy 2009
1 January
New Year's Day/Capodanno
(Thursday)
6 January
Epiphany/Epifania (Tuesday)
12 April
Easter Sunday
13 April
Easter Monday
25 April
Liberation Day/Anniversario della Liberazione
(Saturday)
1 May
Labour Day/Festa del Lavoro (Friday)
2 June
Republic's Day/Festa nazionale della Repubblica (Tuesday)
24 June
Regional Saint's Day: Feast of St-John the Baptist (Florence,
Turin, Genoa only; Wednesday)
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