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Saint-Paul-Mont-Penit Flax Festival Flea Market

Community flea market during the famous Flax Festival

Saint-Paul-Mont-Penit — Vendée (85)

Dates 21 Jul 2026

Location Saint-Paul-Mont-Penit (85)

Admission Free

Exhibitors —

About Flax Festival Flea Market

The Saint-Paul-Mont-Penit Flax Festival — emblematic event of Vendée's textile heritage — combines scutching demonstrations, costume parades, craft market and flea market. 2026 edition planned for 21 July in this northern Vendée bocage village.

The Flax Festival, living heritage

Saint-Paul-Mont-Penit is known for its Flax Festival, an emblematic summer event reviving the flax-growing traditions of this Vendée corner. Festival on 21 July 2026, with scutching demonstrations, costume parades, artisan market with weavers and flax producers, heritage exhibition.

A flea market within the festival

Mostly private sellers: clothes, toys, crockery, knick-knacks, books, furniture. Local textile artisans (weavers, linen craft) may join — a rare mix of bargain-hunting and ancestral know-how.

A village of character

About 700 inhabitants, northern Vendée bocage, near Palluau and Saint-Étienne-du-Bois. Flax shaped local economic history until mid-20th century.

Typical programme

Scutching and spinning demos
Costume parades
Craft market (weaving, embroidery, linen)
Flea market
Heritage exhibitions
Country-style food
Kids activities

Nearby

Palluau castle, Challans market, Saint-Jean-de-Monts coast (40 min).

Flax Festival Flea Market — edition 2026

The Flax Festival and flea market are scheduled on 21 July 2026 in Saint-Paul-Mont-Penit. Scutching demos, costume parades, craft market, community flea market and heritage exhibitions in this northern Vendée bocage village. Free entry.