Rue des Poètes Flea Market - Montauban

A neighbourhood flea market with an evocative name

In Montauban's poets' quarter, where streets bear the names of Verlaine, Rimbaud and Mallarmé, neighbours naturally formed an association called Bien Vivre Rue des Poètes. Every late May or early June, it runs this human-sized flea market on rue Stéphane Mallarmé, between the Mémo media library and boulevard Édouard Foresté. Fewer than fifty sellers, all private individuals from the neighbourhood, give this event a rare authenticity.

Literary and domestic hunting

The street name is more than decoration: many residents bring out books, often in large and well-kept quantities, delighting lovers of literature, paperbacks and old guidebooks. You will also find crockery, trinkets, toys, clothes, small furniture and family brocante from the neighbourhood's attics. The pace is slow, conversations many.

Setting and atmosphere

The rue Stéphane Mallarmé, closed to traffic for the occasion, lends itself perfectly to strolling: comfortable width, shaded pavements, calm circulation. The nearby Mémo library, open Sunday morning, offers a nice cultural stop.

Why come

To escape the crowds of big flea markets while enjoying well-placed pitches, to hunt for books and objects with stories to tell, to support a neighbourhood initiative: this is the quiet charm of the rue des Poètes flea market.