Public holidays in the Collectivity of Saint Martin
This is a list of public holidays in Saint Martin.[1][2]
| Date | Name in English | Name in French | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | New Year's Day | Jour de l'An | |
| movable holiday | Easter Monday | Lundi de Pâques | |
| May 1 | Labour Day | Fête du Travail | |
| May 8 | Victory Day | Fête de la Victoire 1945 | |
| movable holiday | Ascension Day | Ascension | |
| movable holiday | Whit Monday | Lundi de Pentecôte | |
| May 28 | Abolition Day | Abolition de l'Esclavage | Date of abolition of slavery, observed since 2018.[2][1] |
| July 14 | National Day | Fête Nationale | |
| August 15 | Assumption Day | Assomption | |
| November 1 | All Saints' Day | Toussaint | |
| November 11 | Armistice Day | Armistice | |
| December 25 | Christmas Day | Noël |
In addition, like other French Caribbean territories, the private sector often take these holidays (jour chômé d'usage in French) which are not official holidays.
| Date | Name in English | Name in French | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Movable holidays | Carnival | Carnaval | Often take 3 days, the final day lies on Ash Wednesday |
| movable holiday | Mid-Lent | Mi-Carême | |
| movable holiday | Good Friday | Often observed by banking sector |
References
- ^ a b "Décret n° 2012-553 du 23 avril 2012 modifiant le décret n° 83-1003 du 23 novembre 1983 relatif à la commémoration de l'abolition de l'esclavage". Légifrance (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Public holiday schedule". Government of St. Martin. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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Public holidays in the Caribbean
- British West Indies
- Danish West Indies
- Dutch Caribbean
- Caribbean Netherlands
- Netherlands Antilles
- French West Indies
- West Indies Federation
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Sea
- Aves Island
- San Andrés and Providencia
- Bajo Nuevo Bank~
- Serranilla Bank~
continental
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- Quintana Roo
- Cozumel
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groupings
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| The Guianas |
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N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.
^These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which *the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.
†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.
ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ~Disputed territories administered by Colombia.
#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.
