Only in seven autonomous communities there is no work
The next work holiday which should appear in red in the Spain labor calendar of the year 2022 It is next May 1, Labor Day. However, this year May Day is considered a substitutable holiday because it falls on a Sunday, the day on which Mother’s Day is also celebrated. As it falls on the weekend, what happens with this holiday?
While in a part of Spain, May 1 is moved to other days of the year, in some autonomous communities it is celebrated just the next day, that is, the Monday, May 2.
In which autonomous communities is a holiday on May 2?
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Seven autonomous communities Spanish have moved the festival from May 1 to Monday, May 2. Is about: Aragon, Andalusia, Asturias, Estremadura, Castile and Leon, Murcia y Madrid. In the Community of Madrid, the festivity is not due to a simple change of day but to the celebration of May 2, 1808 when the population rose up against Napoleon’s troops in the War of Independence.
Is it a holiday on May 2 in Catalonia?
In Catalonia It is not a holiday and, therefore, work is done. There are only a few Catalan municipalities in which May 1 is moved to Monday, May 2, by decision of their local authorities. The populations where its inhabitants will not work are the following: Montagut i Oix, la Canya, Celrà, Maçanet de la Seva, Sant Just i Joval, Sant Ponç. Sant Just d’Ardèvol, Pla de la Font, Ciutadilla, Guissona, Figuerola de Meià, Penelles, Torrelameu, Salomó, el Montmell, Campredó, Vilamacolum, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Abrera, Collbató, Caldes de Montbui, la Torreta, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Monells, Cruïlles, Sant Sadurní de l’Heura, Sant Quintí de Mediona, Can Cartró, els Casots, Castellbell i el Vilar, Castellgalí, Navarcles, Sant Mateu de Bages, Castelltallat, Coaner, Saló, Valls de Torroella y the pear.