National holiday

A national holiday is a statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself. It is usually the anniversary of the country's independence, the signature of its constitution, or other significant event; in some cases it is the saint's day of the country's patron saint.

Sub-national entities

Some nations (in the cultural sense) have their own national holidays. Often they have an autonomous region within a larger country. In cases in which the nation is represented by a subnational government in a larger country, that government may make the holiday statutory.

Related Topics:
Nation - Subnational government

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Examples:

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• June 24: Quebec, Canada (Fête nationale du Québec or Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day)
• July 11: Flanders, Belgium
• September 11: Catalonia (see National Day of Catalonia)
• September 27: Wallonia, Belgium

Some subnational entities also commemorate themselves with statutory holidays that do not relate to a particular feeling of nationalism.

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