diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 1573b7a4be..3cf782a448 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ Czech               CZ       None
 Denmark             DK       None
 England                      None
 EuropeanCentralBank ECB,TAR  Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement (TARGET2)
+France              FRA      **Métropole** (default), Alsace-Moselle, Guadeloupe, Guyane,
+                             Martinique, Mayotte, Nouvelle-Calédonie, La Réunion,
+                             Polynésie Française, Saint-Barthélémy, Saint-Martin,
+                             Wallis-et-Futuna
 Germany             DE       BW, BY, BE, BB, HB, HH, HE, MV, NI, NW, RP, SL, SN, ST,
                              SH, TH
 Ireland                      None
diff --git a/holidays.py b/holidays.py
index ecb463a07a..af9ab8cda4 100644
--- a/holidays.py
+++ b/holidays.py
@@ -2224,3 +2224,110 @@ def _populate(self, year):
 
 class NO(Norway):
     pass
+
+
+class France(HolidayBase):
+    """Official French holidays.
+
+    Some provinces have specific holidays, only those are included in the
+    PROVINCES, because these provinces have different administrative status,
+    which makes it difficult to enumerate.
+
+    For religious holidays usually happening on Sundays (Easter, Pentecost),
+    only the following Monday is considered a holiday.
+
+    Primary sources:
+        https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fêtes_et_jours_fériés_en_France
+        https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2405
+    """
+
+    PROVINCES = ['Métropole', 'Alsace-Moselle', 'Guadeloupe', 'Guyane',
+                 'Martinique', 'Mayotte', 'Nouvelle-Calédonie', 'La Réunion',
+                 'Polynésie Française', 'Saint-Barthélémy', 'Saint-Martin',
+                 'Wallis-et-Futuna']
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        self.country = 'FR'
+        self.prov = kwargs.pop('prov', 'Métropole')
+        HolidayBase.__init__(self, **kwargs)
+
+    def _populate(self, year):
+        # Civil holidays
+        if year > 1810:
+            self[date(year, 1, 1)] = "Jour de l'an"
+
+        if year > 1919:
+            name = 'Fête du Travail'
+            if year <= 1948:
+                name += ' et de la Concorde sociale'
+            self[date(year, 5, 1)] = name
+
+        if (year >= 1953 and year <= 1959) or year > 1981:
+            self[date(year, 5, 8)] = 'Armistice 1945'
+
+        if year >= 1880:
+            self[date(year, 7, 14)] = 'Fête nationale'
+
+        if year >= 1918:
+            self[date(year, 11, 11)] = 'Armistice 1918'
+
+        # Religious holidays
+        if self.prov in ['Alsace-Moselle', 'Guadeloupe', 'Guyane',
+                         'Martinique', 'Polynésie Française']:
+            self[easter(year) - rd(days=2)] = 'Vendredi saint'
+
+        if self.prov == 'Alsace-Moselle':
+            self[date(year, 12, 26)] = 'Deuxième jour de Noël'
+
+        if year >= 1886:
+            self[easter(year) + rd(days=1)] = 'Lundi de Pâques'
+            self[easter(year) + rd(days=50)] = 'Lundi de Pentecôte'
+
+        if year >= 1802:
+            self[easter(year) + rd(days=39)] = 'Ascension'
+            self[date(year, 8, 15)] = 'Assomption'
+            self[date(year, 11, 1)] = 'Toussaint'
+
+            name = 'Noël'
+            if self.prov == 'Alsace-Moselle':
+                name = 'Premier jour de ' + name
+            self[date(year, 12, 25)] = name
+
+        # Non-metropolitan holidays (starting dates missing)
+        if self.prov == 'Mayotte':
+            self[date(year, 4, 27)] = "Abolition de l'esclavage"
+
+        if self.prov == 'Wallis-et-Futuna':
+            self[date(year, 4, 28)] = 'Saint Pierre Chanel'
+
+        if self.prov == 'Martinique':
+            self[date(year, 5, 22)] = "Abolition de l'esclavage"
+
+        if self.prov in ['Guadeloupe', 'Saint-Martin']:
+            self[date(year, 5, 27)] = "Abolition de l'esclavage"
+
+        if self.prov == 'Guyane':
+            self[date(year, 6, 10)] = "Abolition de l'esclavage"
+
+        if self.prov == 'Polynésie Française':
+            self[date(year, 6, 29)] = "Fête de l'autonomie"
+
+        if self.prov in ['Guadeloupe', 'Martinique']:
+            self[date(year, 7, 21)] = 'Fête Victor Schoelcher'
+
+        if self.prov == 'Wallis-et-Futuna':
+            self[date(year, 7, 29)] = 'Fête du Territoire'
+
+        if self.prov == 'Nouvelle-Calédonie':
+            self[date(year, 9, 24)] = 'Fête de la Citoyenneté'
+
+        if self.prov == 'Saint-Barthélémy':
+            self[date(year, 10, 9)] = "Abolition de l'esclavage"
+
+        if self.prov == 'La Réunion' and year >= 1981:
+            self[date(year, 12, 20)] = "Abolition de l'esclavage"
+
+
+# FR already exists (Friday), we don't want to mess it up
+class FRA(France):
+    pass
diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index ab7167998e..f21edb2542 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -3000,5 +3000,31 @@ def test_not_holiday(self):
         self.assertFalse('2016-12-28' in self.holidays_with_sundays)
 
 
+class TestFR(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.holidays = holidays.France()
+        self.prov_holidays = dict((prov, holidays.France(prov=prov))
+                                  for prov in holidays.France.PROVINCES)
+
+    def test_2017(self):
+        self.assertTrue(date(2017, 1, 1) in self.holidays)
+        self.assertTrue(date(2017, 4, 17) in self.holidays)
+        self.assertTrue(date(2017, 5, 1) in self.holidays)
+        self.assertTrue(date(2017, 5, 8) in self.holidays)
+        self.assertTrue(date(2017, 5, 25) in self.holidays)
+        self.assertTrue(date(2017, 6, 5) in self.holidays)
+        self.assertTrue(date(2017, 7, 14) in self.holidays)
+        self.assertTrue(date(2017, 8, 15) in self.holidays)
+        self.assertTrue(date(2017, 11, 1) in self.holidays)
+        self.assertTrue(date(2017, 11, 11) in self.holidays)
+        self.assertTrue(date(2017, 12, 25) in self.holidays)
+
+    def test_alsace_moselle(self):
+        am_holidays = self.prov_holidays['Alsace-Moselle']
+        self.assertTrue(date(2017, 4, 14) in am_holidays)
+        self.assertTrue(date(2017, 12, 26) in am_holidays)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()