Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in French Guiana for 2024 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 | Monday | New Year's Day | Long weekend. |
February 12th | Monday | Shrove Monday | Long weekend. |
February 13th | Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday | |
February 14th | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | |
March 10th | Sunday | Laetare Sunday | |
March 20th | Wednesday | March Equinox | |
March 29th | Friday | Good Friday | Long weekend. |
March 31st | Sunday | Easter | |
April 1st | Monday | Easter Monday | Long weekend. |
May 1st | Wednesday | Labor Day | |
May 8th | Wednesday | Victory Day | |
May 9th | Thursday | Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ | |
May 20th | Monday | Pentecost Monday | Long weekend. |
June 10th | Monday | Emancipation Day | Long weekend. |
June 20th | Thursday | June Solstice | |
July 14th | Sunday | National Day | |
August 15th | Thursday | Assumption of Mary | |
September 22nd | Sunday | September Equinox | |
October 15th | Tuesday | Cayenne Festival | |
November 1st | Friday | All Saints' Day | Long weekend. |
November 11th | Monday | Armistice Day | Long weekend. |
December 21st | Saturday | December Solstice | |
December 24th | Tuesday | Christmas Eve | |
December 25th | Wednesday | Christmas Day | |
December 31st | Tuesday | New Year's Eve |