Which are the public holidays in Santiago de Compostela in 2023? He Work calendar of the new year is always one of the most recurring queries and it is advisable to have it on hand to clear up doubts. On November 7, 2022, the Official Gazette of Galicia (DOG) published the resolution of the General Directorate of Labor Relations publicizing the local holidays for the year 2023 corresponding to the town councils of the four Galician provinces.
Thus, the DOG collects the non-working days for labor purposes of each municipality, paid and not recoverable for the coming year. In addition, it also reminds companies that they must expose the Work calendar in a visible place in each work center, for the knowledge and consultation of its employees.
Work calendar 2023 in Spain: what holidays are there?
One of the days that is most repeated in many Galician municipalities is February 21stwhich this year squared Tuesday of Carnival, festival that is celebrated in much of Galicia. April 10 (Easter Monday) or August 16 (San Roque) are also other of the most frequent holidays in the Galician work calendar.
In the cities of Galicia, Santiago de Compostela celebrates May 18, Ascension Day, and August 16, San Roque; as well as Lugowhich will stop on February 21 and October 5 (San Froilán). PontevedraFor its part, it celebrates February 22 (Ash Wednesday) and July 11 (Saint Benedict).
A Coruña celebrates Shrove Tuesday (February 21) and the San Juan festivities (June 24) as local holidays. while Ferrol This year he also selected February 21 and April 10 (Easter Monday and Our Lady of Chamorro).
Ourense celebrates February 21 and November 11 (San Martiño), as well as Vigowhich once again had a holiday on March 28, the day of the Reconquista, and will take place on August 16 (San Roque).
Holidays in Santiago de Compostela
In addition to local holidays, there are festivities common to the entire country during this year 2023 (eight non-replaceable and one mobile) and are the following:
January 6th: Epiphany of the Lord (Friday)
April 7: Good Friday (Friday)
May 1: Labor Day (Monday)
August 15th: Assumption of the Virgin (Tuesday)
October 12 °: National Holiday of Spain (Thursday)
November 1st: All Saints (Wednesday)
6th of December: Spanish Constitution Day (Wednesday)
December 8: Immaculate Conception (Friday)
December 25th: Christmas (Monday)
Likewise, all communities will celebrate their respective regional festivities. Below we detail the regional holidays in Galicia collected in the 2023 work calendar.
Holidays in Galicia
There are two dates that are always marked in red on the calendar: January 6, Three Kings Dayand the Holy Thursday –which does not have a fixed date on the calendar since it varies each year– and which are also non-working. In 2023, Maundy Thursday fell on April 6.
In addition to the Three Kings holiday and Holy Thursday, the other two days that have also been chosen as holidays throughout Galicia in 2023 are the following:
May 17: Day of Galician LettersJuly 25: Santiago Apostle Day
In 2023 the possibility of designating these two dates as regional public holidays in Galicia is given because January 1 falls on a Sunday and March 19, Father’s Day, also falls coincides with a Sunday day, so the usual dilemma between March 19 and July 25 is opted on this occasion for the Apostle’s Day as a regional holiday and the availability of one more holiday since New Year’s Day is Sunday falls on on the festival of May 17, Galician Letters Day.
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