Villers-Carbonnel Rederie

The Villers-Carbonnel Rederie: bargain hunting at the Santerre crossroads

Villers-Carbonnel owes much to its geography. Located at the junction of major roads, it occupies a pivotal position in the Santerre, this agricultural plateau between Amiens and Saint-Quentin that the wars of the 20th century deeply marked. Each early August, the annual rederie reminds us that behind the major infrastructures and the endless fields, the village remains a place of life and tradition.

The Picard rederie tradition

In the Somme, we don't say "flea market" but "rederie". The word has its music and its history. At Villers-Carbonnel, the rederie fits into this tradition: mobilized volunteers, stalls set up at dawn, coffee and fries as a social rendezvous.

What to find

Classic inventory of rural Somme flea markets: clothing, toys, books, crockery, linen, small furniture, knick-knacks, tools.

Villers-Carbonnel, Santerre village

Villers-Carbonnel is a commune of the Somme located about fifteen kilometers west of Saint-Quentin and ten southeast of Péronne, marked by the great cereal plains.

A summer day in deep Somme

Nearby: Péronne and its Historial of the Great War, the Somme valley, Thiepval memorial.