Public holidays celebrated in Spain include a mix of religious (

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), national and regional observances. Each municipality is allowed to have a maximum of 14

public holiday A public holiday, national holiday, federal holiday, statutory holiday, bank holiday or legal holiday is a holiday generally established by law and is usually a non-working day during the year. Types Civic holiday A ''civic holiday'', also k ...

s per year; a maximum of nine of these are chosen by the national government and at least two are chosen locally, including

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. If one of the "national holidays" happens to fall on a Sunday the regional governments — the

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— can choose an alternate holiday or they can allow local authorities to choose. In practice, except for holidays falling on a Sunday, the regional governments can choose up to three holidays per year; or they can choose fewer to allow for more options at the local level. Since 2010,

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and

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, both

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, have declared the Muslim holiday of

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or Feast of the Sacrifice, as an official public holiday. It was the first time a non-Christian

religious festival A religious festival is a time of special importance marked by adherents to that religion. Religious festivals are commonly celebrated on recurring cycles in a calendar year or lunar calendar. The science of religious rites and festivals is kno ...

has been officially celebrated in Spain since the

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. When a holiday falls on a Tuesday or Thursday some workers take a day off (the Monday or the Friday) to make a four-day

long weekend A long weekend is a weekend that is at least three days long (i.e. a three-day weekend), due to a public or unofficial holiday occurring on either the following Monday or the preceding Friday. Many countries also have four-day weekends, in w ...

known as a ("bridge").

Spanish holidays 2023

The following table lists the holidays for the year 2023:

References

External links

National and regional holidays in Spain from an expatriate perspective

Public Holidays in Barcelona

Public Holidays in Spain 2020
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