Car boot sale and Craft Market of Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans

Car boot sale and crafts united for a unique event

Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans is a commune of about 4,500 inhabitants located in the Doubs valley, about twenty kilometers east of Montbéliard. This commune, born from the merger of Pont-de-Roide and Vermondans, has a rich associative and cultural life, as evidenced by the organization each September of an event combining a car boot sale and a craft market. This original formula satisfies two different audiences: bargain hunters looking for antique objects and lovers of contemporary artisanal productions.

The car boot sale part brings together individuals from the commune and surrounding areas who come to offer the contents of their attics and cellars: crockery, furniture, clothing, toys, books, tools, and trinkets of all kinds. The craft market part complements the offer with creations from potters, ceramists, jewelers, weavers, and other artisans from the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. This alliance between second-hand objects and contemporary artisanal creation is the charm and originality of this back-to-school event.

A remarkable setting in the Doubs valley

Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans benefits from a particularly attractive natural setting: the Doubs, the border river that marks the boundary with Switzerland a little further east, offers landscapes of a narrow valley characteristic of the northeast of the department. The town of Pont-de-Roide, with its historic bridge and buildings made of local stone, provides a picturesque setting for this type of event. In September, with the autumn light and the foliage beginning to change color, the commune offers a particularly romantic backdrop for a day of bargain hunting and discovery.

A back-to-school event for the whole family

The organization in September, after the start of the school year, corresponds to a period of the year conducive to family outings in the region. Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans is easily accessible from Montbéliard, Besançon, and the communes of the Doubs. The combination of the car boot sale and the craft market makes it a complete outing for the whole family, with parents hunting for bargains while children discover the artisans' creations. A moment of local life and exchange around the material heritage and artisanal know-how of Franche-Comté.