Bastille Day Brocante and Garage Sale (Thizy-les-Bourgs)

Brocante and garage sale for Bastille Day in Thizy-les-Bourgs

The Bastille Day Brocante and Garage Sale is one of the highlight events of the national festivities in Thizy-les-Bourgs. Every year on France's National Day, the streets and squares of this Haut-Beaujolais commune come alive with bargain hunters and dealers. Private sellers clearing their attics and professional dealers set up side by side to offer a wide range of items: clothing, toys, furniture, trinkets, books, crockery, tools and curiosities of every kind. The event takes place in a festive atmosphere that joyfully extends the Bastille Day celebrations, with the complicity of residents and visitors from across the region.

Thizy-les-Bourgs, a commune in the Haut-Beaujolais

Thizy-les-Bourgs (69240) is a commune formed by the merger of several villages in the Haut-Beaujolais, in the arrondissement of Villefranche-sur-Saône, in the western Rhône department. This territory of hills and forests, at the boundaries of Beaujolais, Loire and the Roannais, is a dynamic rural area. The commune includes several settlements such as Thizy, Mardore and Bourg-de-Thizy. The local economy has historically been linked to textiles and crafts, with a long industrial tradition.