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Ascension Day

France’s Service Public legal-holiday table lists Ascension on Thursday 14 May 2026 among the national legal holidays and explicitly treats Saint-Martin within the overseas holiday framework.

Date / rule14 May 2026
ScopeSaint-Martin / French legal-holiday calendar
VerificationGovernment Current Calendar Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-08
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Ascension Day?

France’s Service Public legal-holiday table lists Ascension on Thursday 14 May 2026 among the national legal holidays and explicitly treats Saint-Martin within the overseas holiday framework.

Date and recurrence

14 May 2026

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Saint-Martin / French legal-holiday calendar. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

Ascencion Day (Saint Martin)

Classification

Topic and context

Faith, Tradition & Spirituality →
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What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Faith Context Respect.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Service Public — 2026 legal public holidaysFrench Government
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Ascension Day?

14 May 2026 The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: 14 May 2026.

Does Ascension Day fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is Ascension Day an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Saint-Martin / French legal-holiday calendar. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Ascension Day?

The stored designation basis is: France’s Service Public legal-holiday table lists Ascension on Thursday 14 May 2026 among the national legal holidays and explicitly treats Saint-Martin within the overseas holiday framework.. Supporting provenance includes Service Public — 2026 legal public holidays. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Ascension Day international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to Saint Martin. Its fuller verified scope is: Saint-Martin / French legal-holiday calendar.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-08.

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