Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in French Guiana for 2023 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 | Sunday | New Year's Day | |
February 20th | Monday | Shrove Monday | Long weekend. |
February 21st | Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday | |
February 22nd | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | |
March 19th | Sunday | Laetare Sunday | |
March 20th | Monday | March Equinox | Long weekend. |
April 7th | Friday | Good Friday | Long weekend. |
April 9th | Sunday | Easter | |
April 10th | Monday | Easter Monday | Long weekend. |
May 1st | Monday | Labor Day | Long weekend. |
May 8th | Monday | Victory Day | Long weekend. |
May 18th | Thursday | Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ | |
May 29th | Monday | Pentecost Monday | Long weekend. |
June 10th | Saturday | Emancipation Day | |
June 21st | Wednesday | June Solstice | |
July 14th | Friday | National Day | Long weekend. |
August 15th | Tuesday | Assumption of Mary | |
September 23rd | Saturday | September Equinox | |
October 15th | Sunday | Cayenne Festival | |
November 1st | Wednesday | All Saints' Day | |
November 11th | Saturday | Armistice Day | |
December 22nd | Friday | December Solstice | Long weekend. |
December 24th | Sunday | Christmas Eve | |
December 25th | Monday | Christmas Day | Long weekend. |
December 31st | Sunday | New Year's Eve |