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“quatre fois l’an” or “quatre fois par an”

L’événement a lieu quatre fois l’an.

is equal to

L’événement a lieu quatre fois par an.

in periodicity.

The first has a light negative overtone as something not very reliable or not very important while the second is just fact.

Both are correct, but “deux fois l’an” is pretty aged. You can hear it from grandparents or people living in the countryside.

Prefer “Deux fois par an“, just know that the other one exists.