Car Boot Sale Les Perreyeurs Mayennais of Renazé

Car Boot Sale Les Perreyeurs Mayennais – Renazé (53800) – Slate Museum

In Renazé (53800), in the southwest of Mayenne, the car boot sale organized by Les Perreyeurs Mayennais stands out for its exceptional cultural and historical roots. The event takes place in the setting of the Slate Museum, a local institution that preserves the memory of the slate industry that brought wealth to this territory for over a century.

Renazé is the slate capital of Mayenne. Its quarries and its 'perreyeurs'—the workers specialized in extracting and working slate—have long defined the identity of the town and its inhabitants. The very name of the organizing association, Les Perreyeurs Mayennais, pays homage to these skilled and courageous workers who have marked the social and industrial history of the region.

The Slate Museum of Renazé is a remarkable heritage site, allowing visitors to discover the techniques of slate extraction and cutting, the tools of the 'perreyeurs', and the life of the working-class families linked to this industry. This museum and heritage context gives the car boot sale an additional cultural dimension.

The car boot sale itself brings together exhibitors offering a fine selection of second-hand items: crockery and kitchenware, clothing, books and old documents, tools and various equipment, trinkets, and collector's items. In a region marked by the slate industry, bargain hunters can sometimes find items related to this heritage: old tools, photographs, postcards, or period documents.

The meeting between the heritage culture of the Slate Museum and the conviviality of the car boot sale makes it a unique event of its kind in the Mayenne department.