Summer Flea Market at Jean-Jaurès Park in Carmaux

Bargain hunting in Carmaux's green setting

Carmaux, former mining and glass-making town in northern Tarn, comes alive each summer thanks to the flea market organised in its Jean-Jaurès Park. This urban park, named after the socialist tribune elected deputy there in 1893, offers a particularly pleasant shaded setting for a day of summer hunting.

A popular and family-oriented flea market

Organised by the dynamic Lande Festival Committee, a working-class neighbourhood of Carmaux, this annual event faithfully reflects the Carmaux spirit: popular, welcoming, united. Exhibitors, mostly locals from the town and neighbouring villages, display clothing, toys, books, tableware, small appliances, tools, curios and souvenirs from the industrial era of the coal basin.

The coal basin in bargain mode

The Carmausin-Ségala is a region that loves to tell its story. On the stalls you sometimes find pieces testifying to the rich industrial past: old miners' lamps, bottles and glasses from the Parfums de France factory, glass objects from the Albi Workers' Glass Factory, books on Jean Jaurès and trade unionism, old postcards of the miners' cottages.

Extend your day

Nearby, the Cap' Découverte mining museum offers a dive into the history of open-pit mining, while Jean Jaurès' birthplace recalls the town's tutelary figure.