14 July: French National Day 2026
Région de Molsheim-Mutzig
Celebrations
Every year, the local authorities in the region, particularly the towns of Molsheim and Mutzig, organise celebrations to mark the national holiday.
You can find the local authorities’ programme below
Ergersheim
Bal du 13 juillet
Mutzig
Revolutionary evening - July 13th parade
Join us on Thursday July 13 from 7pm for the 51st edition of the Parade des Sans-Culottes in Mutzig.
PROGRAM :
from 7 p.m.: firemen's ball at the fire station
8 p.m.: brass band festival downtown
9:30 p.m.: sans-culottes parade
11 p.m.: fireworks at the Dôme
Oberhaslach
National holiday
Wolxheim
July 13 ball and torchlight procession
July 13.
Mutzig
From 7 pm
The town of Mutzig invites you to its traditional Revolution Evening to mark the National Holiday!
On the programme:
7.00 pm Street entertainment and food stalls
9.45 pm Procession of the Sans-Culottes
11.00 pm Fireworks
11.30 pm Ball organised by the Mutzig Fire Brigade Association.
Brass bands and local clubs will provide entertainment in the town centre.
Come and see the floats depicting various scenes from the French Revolution.
Duttlenheim
à partir de 19h
à l'Espace Sportif et Socioculturel
- Bal champêtre
- Tartes flambées et grillades
- retraite aux flambeaux pour les enfants
23h
- feu d’artifice
Oberhaslach
Mairie - Salle des Fêtes
- Dès 20h DJ
- 22h Défilé des lampions
- 23h Feu d’artifice
Buvette et petite restauration (Burger, Frites, Tartes flambées).
Ambiance assurée jusqu’au petit matin 2h
Événement en Extérieur avec le beau temps
Wolxheim
Ball on 13 July in the multi-purpose hall
Ball organised by the Wolxheim Fire Brigade Association, hosted by DJ Steve.
7 pm: Commemoration ceremony at the war memorial
Brioches handed out to the children
Tarte flambée available on site
Beer, wine, soft drinks and homemade iced tea
Lanterns on sale
Torchlight procession
Fireworks over the vineyards
July 14.
Altorf
à partir de 18h45
- Cérémonie Civile devant le monument aux Morts en présence des Sapeurs Pompiers
- Discours des élus
- Chant de la chorale
- Distribution de Brioches aux enfants
19h30
- Tartes flambées – buvette à la maison du Temps Libre
- Grand bal populaire avec l’orchestre Déclic
Avolsheim
à partir de 11h
Cérémonie au monument aux morts pour marquer les événements des 14 juillet 1789 et 1790.
Vous êtes tous invités à vous joindre à cette manifestation républicaine qui sera suivie d’un verre de l’amitié.
Molsheim
à partir de 19h au Parc des Jésuites
- bal animé par Rico Show
- buvette et petite restauration
- 23h feu d’artifice
Mutzig
in the town centre
The day after the revolutionary celebrations on 13 July,
a military parade and procession will take place at 5 pm in Mutzig town centre to mark the national holiday.
The celebrations, attended by numerous civilian and military dignitaries (the 44th Signals Regiment, the Molsheim and surrounding area fire brigade’s territorial unit, and the Molsheim gendarmerie company), as well as the brass band from Kuttolsheim, are always a great success.
A Brief History of the French Revolution
An economic crisis. The reign of Louis XVI coincided with a difficult economic situation: falling agricultural prices, a slump in the textile industry, etc. …
A social crisis. …
A political crisis.
Die Symbole
A brief history of the Phrygian cap
Loris Chavanette. – The Phrygian cap is one of the symbols of the French Republic and indeed of the French people as a whole.
At the time of the French Revolution, it was first and foremost a sign of solidarity with our motto: ‘Liberty, Equality, Fraternity’. It symbolises a commitment to French values of universal significance.
The Revolutionary Song, the National Anthem:
La Marseillaise
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, a captain in the engineers stationed in Strasbourg, composed the ‘War Song for the Army of the Rhine’ on 25 April 1792 at the request of Frédéric de Dietrich, the city’s mayor, shortly after revolutionary France had declared war on the King of Bohemia and Hungary.
The Commune invites you to the July 13 festivities, in the Parc du Château(or at Espace Pluriel, in case of rain).
On the program for these festivities:
7:30pm: Official ceremony
Distribution of brioches to children, Address by Monsieur le Maire, Presentation of conscripts,Presentation of awards and the Marseillaise sung by the audience.
8:30pm: Jeux des conscrits
9pm: Bal populaire hosted by Dj Magie Dom
11pm: Fireworks