diff --git a/gramps2/src/plugins/holidays.xml b/gramps2/src/plugins/holidays.xml
index 14f117adf..05a3010b8 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/plugins/holidays.xml
+++ b/gramps2/src/plugins/holidays.xml
@@ -118,18 +118,18 @@
   </country>
   <country name="FR">
     <date name="Jour de l'an" value="*/1/1" type="national" />
-    <date name="Fête du travail" value="*/5/1" type="national" />
+    <date name="Fête du travail" value="*/5/1" type="national" />
     <date name="Victoire 1945" value="*/5/8" type="national" />
-    <date name="Fête nationale" value="*/7/14" type="national" />
+    <date name="Fête nationale" value="*/7/14" type="national" />
     <date name="Armistice 1918" value="*/11/11" type="national" />
-    <date name="Pâques" value="2007/4/8" type="religious" />
-    <date name="Lundi de pâques" value="2007/4/9" type="religious" />
+    <date name="Pâques" value="2007/4/8" type="religious" />
+    <date name="Lundi de pâques" value="2007/4/9" type="religious" />
     <date name="Ascension" value="2007/5/17" type="religious" />
-    <date name="Pentecôte" value="2007/5/27" type="religious" />
-    <date name="Lundi de pentecôte" value="2007/5/28" type="religious" />
+    <date name="Pentecôte" value="2007/5/27" type="religious" />
+    <date name="Lundi de pentecôte" value="2007/5/28" type="religious" />
     <date name="Assomption" value="2007/8/15" type="religious" />
     <date name="Toussaint" value="2007/11/1" type="religious" />
-    <date name="Noêl" value="*/12/25" type="religious" />
+    <date name="Noël" value="*/12/25" type="religious" />
     <date name="Saint Etienne" value="*/12/26" type="religious" />
     <date name="Yom Kippur" value="2005/10/13" type="religious" />
     <date name="Yom Kippur" value="2006/10/02" type="religious" />
@@ -137,16 +137,16 @@
     <date name="Yom Kippur" value="2008/10/09" type="religious" />
     <date name="Yom Kippur" value="2009/9/28" type="religious" />
     <date name="Yom Kippur" value="2010/9/18" type="religious" />
-    <date name="début Hanukkah" value="2004/12/07" type="religious" />
-    <date name="début Hanukkah" value="2005/12/25" type="religious" />
-    <date name="début Hanukkah" value="2006/12/15" type="religious" />
-    <date name="début Hanukkah" value="2007/12/04" type="religious" />
-    <date name="début Hanukkah" value="2008/12/21" type="religious" />
-    <date name="début Hanukkah" value="2009/12/11" type="religious" />
-    <date name="début Hanukkah" value="2010/12/01" type="religious" />
-    <date name="début Ramadan" value="2006/9/24" type="religious" />
-    <date name="début Ramadan" value="2007/9/13" type="religious" />
-    <date name="début Ramadan" value="2008/9/2" type="religious" />
-    <date name="début Kwanzaa" value="*/12/26" type="religious" />
+    <date name="début Hanukkah" value="2004/12/07" type="religious" />
+    <date name="début Hanukkah" value="2005/12/25" type="religious" />
+    <date name="début Hanukkah" value="2006/12/15" type="religious" />
+    <date name="début Hanukkah" value="2007/12/04" type="religious" />
+    <date name="début Hanukkah" value="2008/12/21" type="religious" />
+    <date name="début Hanukkah" value="2009/12/11" type="religious" />
+    <date name="début Hanukkah" value="2010/12/01" type="religious" />
+    <date name="début Ramadan" value="2006/9/24" type="religious" />
+    <date name="début Ramadan" value="2007/9/13" type="religious" />
+    <date name="début Ramadan" value="2008/9/2" type="religious" />
+    <date name="début Kwanzaa" value="*/12/26" type="religious" />
   </country>
 </calendar>