Flea markets and antique fairs in Pays de la Loire on 7 and 8 November: the Montsoreau puces, the Fontenay-le-Comte brocante, car boot sales at Plessé and Donges, the Place Viarme market in Nantes.
Sunday 8 November, Montsoreau. The puces set up there where the Loire meets the Vienne. Flea markets and antique fairs in Pays de la Loire on 7 and 8 November: the Montsoreau puces, the Fontenay-le-Comte brocante, car boot sales at Plessé and Donges, the Place Viarme market in Nantes.
The Montsoreau flea market
The Puces de Montsoreau are 34 years old. This flea market sets up on the second Sunday of every month, so on 8 November, in one of the Plus Beaux Villages de France. Between 60 and 80 professional exhibitors take a stand: antique dealers, seasoned brocanteurs, dealers in curiosities and specialists.
The tables line up old furniture from every period, antique glass and ceramics, jewellery and collectors' watches, paintings and prints, old books, metal toys, ironwork, antique lamps and a range of curiosities and unusual objects.
Free entry. The road in is the D947 from Saumur or Fontevraud, and parking is on the quays.
A Saturday in Nantes, a Sunday from Fontenay-le-Comte to Cossé-le-Vivien
The weekend of 7–8 November opens in Nantes. On Place Viarme, in the Talensac district, the brocante gathers every Saturday morning, from 8 am to 1 pm, professional antique dealers and brocanteurs, the only sellers admitted. This permanent market is one of the oldest in Loire-Atlantique. On the stalls: old furniture, silverware, prints, paintings, ceramics, earthenware, trinkets, old books, lamps. Entry is free.
Sunday 08/11/2026, the second Sunday of the month. At Fontenay-le-Comte, a town of art and history at the gates of the Marais Poitevin, the monthly brocante and car boot sale puts up to 250 exhibitors, private sellers and professionals, on boulevard du Chail and Place de Verdun, from 6 am to 6 pm. Expect professional brocante, vintage furniture, antique tableware, vinyl records, comics, vintage clothes and old jewellery. Free entry, with refreshments, food and toilets on site. A pitch costs 2.50 euros per linear metre, five metres minimum with a vehicle. The A83, exit 9, from Nantes or Niort leads there, and the town has a railway station.
At Saint-Martin-des-Fontaines, a village of about 400 people in southern Vendée, between Fontenay-le-Comte and Luçon, the monthly car boot sale keeps the same calendar. Private sellers' stock is renewed every month: clothes, toys, childcare items, books, comics, vinyl records, tableware, tools. Free entry, free parking.
At Donges, on the north bank of the Loire estuary, the morning car boot sale takes over the Place de la Mairie from 7 am to 1 pm, on the second Sunday of every month, twelve editions a year. Free entry for visitors; exhibitors pay 10 euros per car or 13 euros per trailer, coffee included. Access is by the N171 or the D100, with parking on the square or nearby.
At Plessé, a village in northern Loire-Atlantique, on the edge of the Pays de Redon, the community hall on rue de Malague hosts the November car boot sale. Ninety exhibitors stay under cover, coffee and brioche are offered to every participant, entry is free.
At Cossé-le-Vivien, in the Pays de Craon, the local football club runs its car boot sale to fund its sporting activities: some sixty exhibitors, with clothes, shoes, toys, books, tableware, garden tools. Free entry.
