Current Date And Time In Avignon, France
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
16:44:26 CEST
State: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Timezone: UTC +01:00 (CEST)
Population: 89,769
District: Département du Vaucluse
Planning commercial schedules or travel in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France? Track upcoming statutory holidays and local bank closures across Avignon.
Corporate teams, logistics hubs, and financial offices in Avignon align operating hours with statutory government gazette notifications. Fixed statutory national holidays (such as Fête du Travail (Labor Day) on May 1) mandate official non-working status for banks and government offices in Avignon.
This is France's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on France's country-level and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur holiday pages — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply the same way in Avignon as anywhere else in France.
◀ Showing upcoming public holidays — use the back arrow in the calendar toolbar to browse earlier dates this year.
These are France's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on France's country and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur holiday pages — mandated by national labor law and applicable to financial institutions, schools, and government administration in Avignon just as everywhere else in France.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fête du Travail (Labor Day) | May 1 | Mandated Paid Day Off | Full Closure (Statutory Mandatory Paid Leave under Labour Code) | www.service-public.fr |
| Fête Nationale (Bastille Day) | July 14 | National Day | Full National Closure (Public Administration & Banks) | www.service-public.fr |
| Armistice 1918 | November 11 | National Holiday | Full National Closure | www.service-public.fr |
Avignon's bank branches, municipal offices and public schools close on France's statutory holidays just as they do everywhere else in the country — shops and restaurants more often stay open with adjusted hours rather than closing outright.
If a fixed statutory holiday lands on a weekend in Avignon, the following Monday is commonly declared an official substitute non-working day by government notification.
With a population of 89,769 and running on the Europe/Paris time zone, Avignon follows France's statutory holiday dates on local calendar days — no cross-timezone adjustment needed for a purely domestic holiday list.