Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in French Guiana for 2020 ready to be integrated into your application.
Discovered in 1496 by Spanish explorers, French Guiana is located in South America, and was later colonized by the French. In 1797 French Guiana became an overseas department of France and is the only territory in the Americas mainland to still be part of a European country. Much of French Guiana is covered by forests, and is home to illegal and ecologically destructive gold mines.
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Date | Weekday | Name | Notes |
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January 1st | Wednesday | New Year's Day | |
February 24th | Monday | Shrove Monday | |
February 25th | Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday | |
February 26th | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | |
March 20th | Friday | March Equinox | |
March 22nd | Sunday | Laetare Sunday | |
April 10th | Friday | Good Friday | |
April 12th | Sunday | Easter | |
April 13th | Monday | Easter Monday | Long weekend. |
May 1st | Friday | Labor Day | Long weekend. |
May 8th | Friday | Victory Day | Long weekend. |
May 21st | Thursday | Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ | |
June 1st | Monday | Pentecost Monday | Long weekend. |
June 10th | Wednesday | Emancipation Day | |
June 20th | Saturday | June Solstice | |
July 14th | Tuesday | National Day | |
August 15th | Saturday | Assumption of Mary | |
September 22nd | Tuesday | September Equinox | |
October 15th | Thursday | Cayenne Festival | |
November 1st | Sunday | All Saints' Day | |
November 11th | Wednesday | Armistice Day | |
December 21st | Monday | December Solstice | |
December 24th | Thursday | Christmas Eve | |
December 25th | Friday | Christmas Day | Long weekend. |
December 31st | Thursday | New Year's Eve |