Public holidays
2020 public holidays in Belgique
Les jours fériés 2020 en Belgique influencent les effectifs, la paie, les projets et la facturation. Cette page associe le tableau complet des jours fériés au contexte des jours ouvrés pour montrer non seulement les dates, mais aussi l’effet sur le calendrier réel de l’entreprise. Avec 10 jours fériés et environ 254 jours ouvrés, le rythme annuel compte pour les validations de congés et les clôtures.
Total holidays
10
Weekday holidays
8
Weekend days
104
Working days
254
Complete holiday table
Use the table for planning leave, payroll processing, staffing and invoicing around non-working dates.
| Date | Holiday | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 janv. 2020 | Nouvel An | national | National baseline |
| 13 avr. 2020 | Lundi de Pâques | national | National baseline |
| 01 mai 2020 | Fête du Travail | national | National baseline |
| 21 mai 2020 | Ascension | national | National baseline |
| 01 juin 2020 | Lundi de Pentecôte | national | National baseline |
| 21 juil. 2020 | Fête nationale belge | national | National baseline |
| 15 août 2020 | Assomption | national | National baseline |
| 01 nov. 2020 | Toussaint | national | National baseline |
| 11 nov. 2020 | Armistice | national | National baseline |
| 25 déc. 2020 | Noël | national | National baseline |
National baseline and regional checks
This page focuses on the nationwide holiday calendar. Regional observances should be reviewed separately when they affect staffing or payroll timing.
Use this page as the national starting point for Belgique. If your teams operate in Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels-Capital, review regional or state-level holiday rules before finalizing leave approvals, payroll cut-offs or staffing plans.
How it works
The holiday page combines the year-specific calendar with working-day counts and bridge-day opportunities. That matters because a holiday table on its own rarely tells the whole operational story.
Example use case
An HR manager can check whether a holiday lands on a weekday, identify a four-day bridge weekend, and then move into the working-day and salary routes to model payroll deadlines or leave approval risk.
Long weekend opportunities
These bridge-day ideas help make the holiday page useful for operational planning, not just for date lookup.
- 2020-04-13: direct long weekend opportunity
- 2020-05-01: direct long weekend opportunity
- 2020-05-21: take Friday off for a four-day break
- 2020-06-01: direct long weekend opportunity
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