Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in French Guiana for 2025 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 | |
March 3rd | Monday | Shrove Monday | Long weekend. |
March 4th | Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday | |
March 5th | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | |
March 20th | Thursday | March Equinox | |
March 30th | Sunday | Laetare Sunday | |
April 18th | Friday | Good Friday | Long weekend. |
April 20th | Sunday | Easter | |
April 21st | Monday | Easter Monday | Long weekend. |
May 1st | Thursday | Labor Day | |
May 8th | Thursday | Victory Day | |
May 29th | Thursday | Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ | |
June 9th | Monday | Pentecost Monday | Long weekend. |
June 10th | Tuesday | Emancipation Day | |
June 21st | Saturday | June Solstice | |
July 14th | Monday | National Day | Long weekend. |
August 15th | Friday | Assumption of Mary | Long weekend. |
September 22nd | Monday | September Equinox | Long weekend. |
October 15th | Wednesday | Cayenne Festival | |
November 1st | Saturday | All Saints' Day | |
November 11th | Tuesday | Armistice Day | |
December 21st | Sunday | December Solstice | |
December 24th | Wednesday | Christmas Eve | |
December 25th | Thursday | Christmas Day | |
December 31st | Wednesday | New Year's Eve |