La Guérinière Professional Brocante Fair

A professional summer fair at La Guérinière

La Guérinière, central Noirmoutier island village between L'Épine and Barbâtre, hosts an annual professional brocante fair. 2026 date: Monday 13 July, day before Bastille Day — a particularly well-chosen summer moment. Part of the Tourist Office series across the island's villages.

Pro-only format guarantees quality: curated brocanteurs from across the region, rigorously chosen objects, thematic variety (antiques, marine, jewellery, paintings, crockery, curiosities). Much loved by collectors and holidaymakers seeking a quality Noirmoutier keepsake.

What to find

• Old furniture, 18th-19th antiques
• Marine items, models, instruments
• Porcelain, faience, old crockery
• Antique jewellery, watches
• Paintings, engravings, marine watercolours
• Old books, sea charts, guides
• Curiosities, militaria

La Guérinière, Noirmoutier island heart

~1,500 year-round. Human-scale island village. Known for authenticity, La Cantine beach, state forest, family feel. Less touristy than Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, preserved island character.

Noirmoutier's 4 villages

Barbâtre (south bridge gateway), La Guérinière and L'Épine (centre), Noirmoutier-en-l'Île (capital, north). Each has its identity: Barbâtre dunes, La Guérinière family feel, L'Épine port, Noirmoutier castle and historic centre.

Around

La Cantine and Devin beaches, Bois de la Chaise, state forest, salt marshes, Herbaudière port, Gois at low tide.