Car boot sale of the Sainte-Marie-Kerque festival committee

Car boot sale in the marsh

The Sainte-Marie-Kerque festival committee organizes its annual car boot sale in the village streets. Exhibitors, mainly individuals, offer toys, clothes, crockery, books, and decorative items. The atmosphere is family-friendly and convivial, typical of village car boot sales in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region.

Sainte-Marie-Kerque, village of the wateringues

Sainte-Marie-Kerque is a commune in the Audomarois marsh, in the Flemish maritime plain. The suffix "Kerque" (church in Flemish) recalls the Flemish origins of this territory. The wateringues, an ancestral drainage system, shape a unique polder landscape. The village retains an authentic rural character where communal festivals bring the entire population together.