On September 12-13, 2026, flea markets and antique fairs across Île-de-France mark the back-to-school weekend: 500 sellers on Rue Raymond-Losserand, the riverside sale in Le Perreux-sur-Marne, and seven more events across the region.
Five hundred sellers, one single street.
Rue Raymond-Losserand, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, holds its twice-yearly car boot sale on September 12-13, 2026. On September 12-13, 2026, flea markets and antique fairs across Île-de-France mark the back-to-school weekend: 500 sellers on Rue Raymond-Losserand, the riverside sale in Le Perreux-sur-Marne, and seven more events across the region.
Five hundred sellers on Rue Raymond-Losserand
One whole avenue, for two days straight. In the 14th arrondissement, Rue Raymond-Losserand turns into the longest bargain-hunting strip in the Plaisance neighbourhood on 12-13 September 2026, with up to five hundred sellers expected along its full length. The rest of the year, the street keeps a quieter pace, lined with bakeries and wine shops.
The event only comes around twice a year. After a first edition on the third weekend of June, the one on 12-13/09 closes the cycle, timed to the Paris back-to-school rush and the neighbourhood's school calendar. Between the two dates, the street returns to its usual calm for nearly three months.
Furniture, crockery, clothes and trinkets line up along the pavements, in the organised clutter typical of a street-wide car boot sale. Locals clearing out a cellar stand next to professional dealers who travel in from across the region, sharing the same pitches.
The street's length sets its own pace. A buyer hoping to see everything walks for hours, between Pernety station and the edges of Place de Catalogne, sometimes over both days to cover every stall. The busiest pitches fill up as soon as Saturday morning opens.
The rest of the weekend
Three fairs lean on their long history, away from the Paris crowds. In Le Perreux-sur-Marne, the Brocante des Bords de Marne gathers close to 400 sellers along the riverbanks, in aid of local hospitals, a tradition running since the late 1980s. In Montchauvet, the flea market and its gourmet market mark thirty-five years in the lanes of this medieval Yvelines village. The village's comité des fêtes organises it every September. In Rambouillet, fifty-five professional antique dealers hold their monthly rendezvous on Place Billard, a fixture for regional collectors. It comes back on the second Sunday of each month.
Two back-to-school sales answer each other, one in Essonne, the other in Yvelines, some forty kilometres apart, with no organisational link between them. In Mennecy, around 200 sellers take over Avenue Darblay for the Grande Braderie d'Automne. In Chevreuse, 120 sellers hold the autumn counterpart to the spring fair, inside the Haute Vallée de Chevreuse regional nature park.
Three formats stand out for their different crowds. In Montlhéry, the fortnightly flea market holds its second-Saturday session, drawing collectors and regular bargain-hunters. A seller pays ten euros per linear metre. In Fontenay-aux-Roses, the Children's Brocante sets aside Place du Général-de-Gaulle for clothes, toys and baby gear, in a free, community-minded spirit. In Colombes, more than 400 pitches stretch over a kilometre through the Petite Garenne district, reserved for private sellers.
In Bourg-la-Reine, the tourist office reserves its Grande Brocante for private sellers only. Two hundred and fifty sellers set up for twenty-five euros per two metres.
