The Brive-la-Gaillarde market

Voted among the most beautiful markets in France, you only need to go there once to better realize that in Brive, the market is an institution for the taste buds. We'll take you on board to show you our pride! Brive: lively and greedy. An unmissable visit to our top 14 !

Market days in Brive

All Tuesdays, Thursdays and especially on Saturdays mornings. From 7:30 a.m., Place du 14 Juillet and under the Halle Georges Brassens for the food market. The market lasts until around 13 p.m.

Brive market: cheerful and responsible market!

Choose the market over ultra-processed food!
Taste good local produce and seasonal treasures
Meet and discuss with our producers in a colorful and friendly atmosphere. Forget shopping apps, this is real life!
Reduce the carbon footprint of our food by focusing on short circuits
A must if you want to understand the Gaillard soul!

The Halle Brassens and the indoor market

« Here, everything is good and it makes you want to cook » these were the words of Luana Belmondo upon discovering this incredible stall of gourmet flavors. It's 7 a.m....Brive wakes up. Whatever the weather, producers and other itinerant merchants begin to set up their shop. The market is slowly coming together. A palette of colors and flavors mingle.

There are more than 200 of them set up on Place de la Guierle, on the indoor market and under the Halle Brassens inaugurated in 1982, where we mainly find producers of ducks, geese or fat capons in the winter season and some other poultry. of the barnyard throughout the year.

On the Indoor Market, a plethora of local producers, cabbage, fan carrots, radishes, tomatoes, live poultry, plants in spring....

This market is a real meeting place with food artisans. We just want to wander the aisles, stock up on cheese and charcuterie products, fresh fruits or vegetables, picked the day before. In short, enough to make you salivate!

Child in front of the stalls at the Brive market

Why is the Hall named after Georges-Brassens?

This is a question often asked at the Tourist Office reception. The great singer Georges Brassens and his mustache, in his song Hécatomberefers to a fight at the Brive-la-Gaillarde market which apparently turned out badly. A bad memory from his time in Brive? Looking for a rhyme with “Gaillarde”? But Georges only came to Brive once, well before writing his song...

Exceptional products from the Corrèze region

The Brive market is a gourmet postcard that is the pride of its inhabitants but also of its regulars from neighboring departments. It is not uncommon for the products to be highlighted during various television reports, in gastronomic magazines, or even during the election of the French's favorite market in Jean-Pierre Pernaut's 13 p.m. news edition in 2019, where he got on the 11th position out of 25 competitors.

Among our specialties, you can find:

Fatty poultry (foie gras, confits, etc.). In this regard, take a look at the Foires aux Gras which take place from November to March
Périgord truffle (our black diamond). You can buy them at the controlled truffle market which is held during the Fat Fairs period.
The Périgord walnut
Good market garden products such as Limousin apple, Voutezac peach, Vars plum, Juillac raspberry....
without forgetting our exceptional meats: milk-fed veal raised under the mother, Limousin beef...

Our tip Treat yourself at the Brive market!

Mother buying mushrooms with her children and showing her daughter what this big mushroom looks like

«Isn’t my milhassou beautiful? What about my purple mustard?". If Gaillard gastronomy holds some mysteries from you, it is at the Brive summer market that you will unlock its secrets. Here, you will devour the stalls with your eyes and have a chat with small local producers. Finally, don't be silly, let yourself be tempted by a slice of foie gras or a duck breast served in one of the restaurants around the market.

Brive market, Place du 14 Juillet,
19100 BRIVE
05 55 24 08 80 (Brive Agglomération tourist office)