Public holidays in Europe
Public holidays influence in a significant way the economic and domestic activity of each country and consequently the consumption and the exchanges of electricity.
RTE takes them into account in its forecasts and wishes to inform the actors of these particular dates for the current year.
These data are available from the year 2003 for the following countries :
Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, United-Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland, Czech Republic.
| Date | Day | GER | AUS | BEL | DEN | SPA | FRA | ITA | LUX | NOR | NLS | POR | UK | SWE | SWI | CZE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/01/2012 | New Year's Day | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 02/01/2012 | New Year's Day Holiday | X (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 06/01/2012 | Epiphany | X (1) | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
| 21/02/2012 | Shrove Tuesday | X (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 05/04/2012 | Maundy Thursday | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
| 06/04/2012 | Good Friday | X | X | X | X (1) | X | X (1) | X | X (1) | X | X | |||||
| 09/04/2012 | Easter Monday | X | X | X | X | X (1) | X | X | X | X | X | X (1) | X | X (1) | X | |
| 25/04/2012 | National Day (Italy) + Freedom Day (Portugal) | X | X | |||||||||||||
| 30/04/2012 | National Day (Netherlands) | X | ||||||||||||||
| 30/04/2012 | Walpurgis Night | X | ||||||||||||||
| 01/05/2012 | Labor Day | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| 04/05/2012 | Prayer Day | X (1) | X | |||||||||||||
| 08/05/2012 | Victory Day 1945 (+ Iris Day - Belgium) | X (1) | X | X | ||||||||||||
| 17/05/2012 | Ascension + National Day of Norway | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X (1) | X | ||||||
| 28/05/2012 | Whit Monday - Pentecost | X | X | X | X | X | X (1) | X | X | X | X (1) | |||||
| 02/06/2012 | Republic Day (Italy) | X | ||||||||||||||
| 04/06/2012 | Spring Bank Holiday | X | ||||||||||||||
| 05/06/2012 | The Queen's Diamond Jubilee (United Kingdom) + Constitution Day (Denmark) | X (1) | X | |||||||||||||
| 06/06/2012 | National Day Sweden | X | ||||||||||||||
| 07/06/2012 | Corpus Christi | X (1) | X | X | ||||||||||||
| 10/06/2012 | National Day (Portugal) | X | ||||||||||||||
| 22/06/2012 | Midsummer Day | X | ||||||||||||||
| 23/06/2012 | National Day (LuXembourg) | X | ||||||||||||||
| 05/07/2012 | Saints Cyril and Methodius's Day (Czech Republic) | X | ||||||||||||||
| 06/07/2012 | Jan Hus Day (Czech Republic) | X | ||||||||||||||
| 11/07/2012 | Flemish Community Day - Belgium | X (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 14/07/2012 | National Day (France) | X | ||||||||||||||
| 21/07/2012 | National Day (Belgium) | X | ||||||||||||||
| 01/08/2012 | National Day (Switzerland) | X | ||||||||||||||
| 08/08/2012 | Peace Day (Germany) | X (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 15/08/2012 | Assumption | X (1) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| 27/08/2012 | Summer Bank Holiday | X (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 27/09/2012 | French Community Day - Belgium | X (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 28/09/2012 | Czech Statehood Day - Saint Venceslas | X | ||||||||||||||
| 03/10/2012 | National Unity Day (Germany) | X | ||||||||||||||
| 05/10/2012 | Republic Day (Portugal) | X | ||||||||||||||
| 12/10/2012 | National Day (Spain) | X | ||||||||||||||
| 26/10/2012 | National Day (Austria) | X | ||||||||||||||
| 28/10/2012 | Independance Day 1918 (Czech Republic) | X | ||||||||||||||
| 31/10/2012 | Reformation Day (Germany) | X (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 01/11/2012 | All Saints Day | X (1) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X (1) | ||||||
| 02/11/2012 | All Souls Day | X (1) | X (1) | |||||||||||||
| 11/11/2012 | Liberation Day 1918 | X | X | |||||||||||||
| 15/11/2012 | German Community Day - Belgium | X (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 17/11/2012 | Freedom and Democracy Day | X | ||||||||||||||
| 18/11/2012 | Memory Day (Germany) | X (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 21/11/2012 | Penitence and Prayer Day (Germany) | X (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 01/12/2012 | Independance Day (Portugal) | X | ||||||||||||||
| 06/12/2012 | Constitution Day (Spain) | X | ||||||||||||||
| 08/12/2012 | Immaculate Conception | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||
| 24/12/2012 | Christmas Eve | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
| 25/12/2012 | Christmas | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 26/12/2012 | 2nd Christmas Day / St Stephen | X | X | X | X (1) | X (1) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
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(1) Tessin,Uri and Schwyz (2) Catholic Cantons only (3) Vaud only |
(4) Geneva only (5) Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin and Moselle (6) Somes areas/communities/governments… |
(7) Afternoon only |
| Year | Download |
|---|---|
| 2012 | File.zip |
| 2011 | File.zip |
| 2010 | File.zip |
| 2009 | File.zip |
| 2008 | File.zip |
| 2007 | File.zip |
| 2006 | File.zip |
| 2005 | File.zip |
| 2004 | File.zip |
| 2003 | File.zip |
