Corsica and Overseas Departments and Territories
Corsica and overseas departments and territories define differently their school calendars. Whereas it is the Ministry of National Education which decides when will be holidays in metropolitan France, Corsica, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Wallis and Futuna holidays can be adapted by decree by the local Director of Education for a span of three years.
For instance, the school year in New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna start with the beginning of the new year, in January, and end in December.
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