Car boot sale Flea market of Bantheville

The Car boot sale Flea market of Bantheville

The village of Bantheville hosts its annual car boot sale and flea market every August. Individuals mingle with regular exhibitors to offer a wide range of items: clothes, toys, crockery, books, tools, trinkets, antique objects, and curiosities. This open-air event is held in the village streets in a relaxed atmosphere, conducive to bargain hunting and exchanges.

Bantheville, village in the heart of Argonne meusienne

Bantheville is a village of about 150 inhabitants located in the northwest of the Meuse department, in the heart of the natural region of Argonne. This territory, characterized by its wooded hills and green valleys, retains a wild and preserved character. Argonne, an ancient border forest between Champagne and Lorraine, offers a landscape of beech and oak forests interspersed with meadows.

A territory marked by the Great War

Bantheville and its surroundings bear the traces of the First World War. The sector was the scene of the Meuse-Argonne offensive led by American forces in the autumn of 1918, one of the most important battles at the end of the conflict. The Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, not far from Bantheville, is the largest American military cemetery in Europe. The car boot sale is an opportunity to discover this historically rich territory in a festive and convivial context.