Car boot sale of the Réjaumont local festival

The car boot sale of the local festival in Réjaumont

Every second weekend of July, the village of Réjaumont celebrates its local festival, of which the car boot sale is one of the highlights. Integrated into the weekend's festive program, this car boot sale brings together private sellers and bargain hunters in the streets of this former English bastide in the Lomagne gersoise.

A car boot sale rooted in the village festival

The Réjaumont car boot sale is not an isolated event: it is an integral part of a local festival that animates the village over two days. Stalls are set up in the streets and public spaces of the commune, offering the classic range of a car boot sale: clothes, toys, crockery, trinkets, books, tools, and various objects. The atmosphere is that of Gers village festivals, combining conviviality, music, and gastronomy.

Réjaumont, an English bastide from 1292

Réjaumont has remarkable historical heritage. This village is an English bastide built in 1292 during the reign of King Edward I of England, who then owned the county of Gaure. Bastides, these new towns of the Middle Ages with a regular plan, are one of the major characteristics of the urban landscape of the Southwest. Réjaumont retains traces of this medieval foundation in its spatial organization and built heritage.

La Lomagne, land of heritage and gastronomy

Réjaumont belongs to the Lomagne gersoise, a hilly area in the eastern part of the Gers department. Lomagne is renowned for its gastronomy — Lomagne garlic, foie gras, duck — and its heritage of bastides and hilltop villages. With an average altitude of 168 meters and landscapes of cultivated hillsides, Lomagne offers an ideal bucolic setting for summer events.

A small village, a great festive spirit

With about 250 inhabitants, Réjaumont illustrates the vitality of small communes in the Gers, which, despite their modest size, maintain a remarkable festive and associative life. The July local festival, with its car boot sale, meals, and entertainment, is a highly anticipated event for the entire community and neighboring villages. It is an expression of a Gascon art of living that prioritizes sharing and conviviality.