French School Holidays (Vacances Scolaires)
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French School Holidays (Vacances Scolaires)
Official French school holidays by city/academy and zone (A/B/C): start date, end date, holiday name and school year, from Ministry of Education open data. Free.
What it does
This free actor returns official French school holidays (vacances scolaires) for any city or academy, straight from the Ministère de l'Éducation nationale open data (dataset fr-en-calendrier-scolaire). For each location you get every holiday period — Toussaint, Noël, hiver, printemps, été, Ascension — with its start date, end date, zone (A / B / C), holiday name and school year. Perfect for planning tools, HR/leave software, tourism and childcare apps. You only pay your Apify platform usage.
Input
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
locations | array of strings | Cities / academies (e.g. Grenoble, Paris, Lyon). |
schoolYear | string | Optional filter like 2025-2026. Empty = all years. |
maxPerLocation | integer | Max holiday periods per location. |
Output
One item per holiday period:
{"location": "Grenoble","status": "found","description": "Vacances de Noël","zone": "Zone A","start_date": "2025-12-20T23:00:00+00:00","end_date": "2026-01-05T23:00:00+00:00","school_year": "2025-2026","academy": "Grenoble"}
status is found, not_found or error.
Use cases
- Plan product releases, staffing or marketing around French holidays.
- Feed HR / leave-management tools with official term dates.
- Power travel, tourism and childcare booking apps.
- Compute business days excluding school holiday zones.
Limitations & fair use
Data is published by the French Ministry of Education under an open licence (Licence Ouverte / Etalab). Location names must match the dataset's location values (usually academy names). Dates are stored in UTC.
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