Brive-la-Gaillarde market

Voted one of the most beautiful markets in France, you only have to go there once to realise that Brive's market is an institution for the taste buds. Let us take you on a tour of our pride and joy! Brive: bold and gourmet. A must-see in our top 14!

Market days in Brive

Every Tuesday, Thursday and especially Saturday mornings.
From 7.30am, Place du 14 Juillet and under the Halle Georges Brassens for the food market. The market lasts until around 1pm.

Brive market: a cheerful and responsible market!

Choose the market rather than the ultra-processed!
Taste great local produce and seasonal nuggets
Meet and chat with our producers in a colourful and friendly atmosphere. Forget shopping on apps, this is real life!
Reduce the carbon footprint of our food by favouring short distribution channels.
A must if you want to understand the soul of Gaillarde!

Exceptional products from the Correze region

The Brive market is a gourmet postcard that is a source of pride not only for the local people, but also for regular visitors from neighbouring departments. It's not uncommon for our products to be featured in television reports, food magazines and even in the election of France's favourite market.

Our specialities include

fatty poultry (foie gras, confits, etc.). And don't forget to visit the Foires Grasses fairs, which take place from November to March.
Périgord truffles (our black diamond). You can buy them at the controlled truffle market held during the Foires Grasses period.
Périgord walnuts
fine market produce such as Limousin apples, Voutezac peaches, Vars plums and Juillac raspberries....
not forgetting our exceptional meats: milk-fed veal, Limousin beef...

Halle Brassens and the covered market

Why does the market hall bear the name Georges-Brassens?

It's a question often asked at the Tourist Office reception desk. The great Georges Brassens and his moustache, in his song Hécatombe, recalls a fight at the Brive-la-Gaillarde market that went badly wrong. A bad memory of his time in Brive? Looking for a rhyme with "Gaillarde"? But Georges only came to Brive once, and that was long before he wrote his song...

" Everything here is good and makes you want to cook ".

These were the words of Luana Belmondo when she discovered this incredible display of gourmet flavours.

It's 7am... Brive is waking up. Whatever the weather, producers and other street vendors are starting to set up shop. The market is gradually taking shape. A palette of colours and flavours mingles.

More than 200 of them set up shop in the Place de la Guierle, the covered market and under the Halle Brassens, inaugurated in 1982, where you'll mainly find producers of ducks, geese and fattened capons in winter, and a few other farmyard poultry throughout the year.

Under the covered market, a host of local producers, cabbages, carrot fans, radishes, tomatoes, live poultry and spring plants....

This market is a real meeting place for food artisans. All you want to do is wander down the aisles, stocking up on cheese, pork products, fresh fruit and vegetables picked the day before. In short, everything you need to make your mouth water!

Child in front of the market stalls in Brive

Tip Treat yourself at Brive market!

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

" Isn't my milhassou beautiful? And my purple mustard? If the gastronomy of the Gascony region holds any mysteries for you, the Brive summer market is the place to discover its secrets. Here, you'll be able to feast your eyes on the stalls and cut the fat with the small local producers. To finish off, don't be a fool and try a slice of foie gras or a magret served in one of the restaurants set up around the market.

Brive market, Place du 14 juillet,
19100 BRIVE
05 55 24 08 80 (Brive Agglomération Tourist Office)