3 Fountains Festival at Champagné-Saint-Hilaire

3 Fountains Festival

Champagné-Saint-Hilaire is a rural commune of around 1,000 inhabitants in southern Vienne, midway between Poitiers and Civray. The village takes its identity from its three fountain-springs, local emblems feeding the Vaux stream before reaching the Clain. In tribute to this unique natural heritage the annual festival bears the name 3 Fountains Festival, combining brocante, animations and friendly atmosphere in late August.

A multi-faceted festival

The 3 Fountains Festival is both a brocante and a broader village festival. The brocante is the core — private sellers and some brocanteurs — accompanied by music, kids' activities, craft demos, country meal. This mixed format draws varied audiences, from serious browsers to families.

At the brocante

• Rural and country furniture: wardrobes, chests, tables, chairs
• Old crockery, glassware, crystal
• Knick-knacks, frames, paintings, mirrors
• Old linen, lace, curtains
• Old tools, garden gear
• Books, postcards, old papers
• Vintage toys and board games
• Antique and costume jewellery
• Vinyl, records, curiosities

Champagné-Saint-Hilaire and rural Poitou

In the Clain Valleys, transition between Poitiers agglomeration (north) and Civraisien (south). Heritage: Saint-Hilaire church Romanesque origin, old Poitou farmhouses, and the three fountains. Near Vivonne (10 km), Gençay (15 km), Lusignan.

Local identity and sources

The three fountains are a rare natural heritage: springs gushing in or near the village, around which human activity developed for centuries. Celebrating them through the annual festival honours natural heritage, collective identity and link to the territory.