Salle de la Conserverie Collections Fair, Saint-Gilles

Salle de la Conserverie fair

The Salle de la Conserverie is an iconic Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie municipal venue, heir to the city's rich sardine past. Converted industrial building, versatile space hosting cultural and community events, including this all-collections fair on 7 June 2026.

Indoor multi-collections format appeals to collectors: sheltered, heritage setting, quiet hunting across all collection types. Quieter atmosphere than classic flea markets, knowledgeable exhibitors, visitors often collectors themselves.

What to find

• Old postcards (especially Vendée coast)
• French and foreign stamps
• Coins, medals, tokens
• Vinyl, 45s, CDs
• Old books, comics, magazines
• Vintage toys, miniatures, lead soldiers
• Militaria, decorations
• Advertising items, enamel plaques
• Old photographs, cameras
• Collectible curiosities

La Conserverie, sardine heritage

The Conserverie building recalls Saint-Gilles as one of French Atlantic coast's great sardine cities. Historic factory, now a cultural space, testifies to an activity employing hundreds of sardinières and structuring city life. Visiting plunges you into this fascinating industrial and human history.

Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie

City still active in sardine fishing — Saint-Gilles sardines are labelled. Fishing port, Grande Plage, Corniche vendéenne, dynamic downtown: resort combines maritime tradition and tourist appeal. Conservery Museum (different from Salle de la Conserverie) tells this sardine story.

Extending the visit

Conservery Museum, fishing port, Grande Plage. Corniche vendéenne to Sion-sur-l'Océan. Thursday morning market. Walks along the Vie.

Listed rendezvous

On vide-greniers.org. Indoor format and heritage setting make it special in the Vendée collectors' calendar.