Jouy-en-Josas Christmas Market

An authentic Christmas market in a historic village

Each December, Jouy-en-Josas gets into the Christmas spirit and hosts its traditional end-of-year market. Organised by the festival committee and bringing together around fifty exhibitors, it embodies the spirit of Île-de-France village Christmas markets: human scale, carefully curated programme, and a setting that evokes the holidays without the frenzy of large Parisian events.

Fifty carefully selected exhibitors

With around fifty stalls, the Jouy-en-Josas Christmas market offers a varied but human-scale offering. Art and craft makers, jewellery designers, ceramicists, soap makers, chocolatiers, local producers of wines, honeys, jams and regional specialities, Christmas decoration makers: the spectrum is broad and allows serious preparation for the holidays.

Christmas spirit by the Bièvre valley

Jouy-en-Josas is a charming commune in the Bièvre valley, southwest of Paris. Its historic centre, old houses and heritage linked to the famous Toile de Jouy Manufactory founded by Oberkampf in the 18th century create a setting particularly conducive to festive atmospheres.

Jouy-en-Josas, birthplace of Toile de Jouy

It's impossible to mention Jouy-en-Josas without recalling its unique industrial and artistic heritage. It was here in 1760 that the Bavarian Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf established his famous printed fabric manufactory that gave its name to this iconic cloth: Toile de Jouy. The Toile de Jouy Museum preserves the memory of this major industrial adventure.

A family gathering

Like all village Christmas markets, Jouy-en-Josas's is a family experience. Mulled wine, hot chocolate, crepes, Christmas cakes and Alsatian specialities warm up visitors in a simple, warm atmosphere.