The markets in Auray !!

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This brings back nice memories as Auray was my first administrative city when moved to this region ,and came often to do my errands including visiting the wonderful markets. As it was only about 8 km from our home, it was a must. I have gather text and pics from other posts and some new pics to do this one for you and me, Therefore, like to tell you a bit more on the markets in Auray !! Hope you enjoy it as I.

The benefits of the French countryside! And while getting ready for another round of markets ,Well, one of my favorites because there are others.  You can read my blog I was first renting in Brec’h for about 2 years, and for the last 12 years it has been owning in Pluvigner. 

At Auray, the big Monday market. In the heart of town, it welcomes up to 400 merchants in the summer, from 150 to 200 in low season like now. It is open from 8h15 to 14h. This is, also around the Place de la République and it is front to the Hôtel de Ville or city/town hall. There is ,also, the organic market on Thursday at the Place Notre-Dame, it welcomes up to 25 merchants. From 17h to 20h. There is the local producers market on Friday at Place Notre-Dame, it welcomes up to 20 traders. From 8h to 12h30. There is a newer market by the gare or train station Place Raoul Dautry 8h to 13h30.

And you have the covered market or Halles at the Place de la République, right next to the Hôtel de Ville where they are home to about twenty traders who offer fresh produce all year long. Open every day from 8h to 13h. This is really our favorite there.

And this is a bit of history I gather from the city page and the médiathéque or local library, The Market or Marché of Auray would be the largest in Morbihan, but those of Vannes or Hennebont, two other cities of the department 56 established   since medieval times, like Auray around the castle of the Dukes of Brittany, also claim this title.I say for sure Vannes is the largest! In the Auray archives, You can find traces of a first fair in 1434, when the duke created that of St. Elizabeth (celebrated November 19), at Place du Four-Mollet, to fund the Commandery of the Holy Spirit, the hospital for the poor (This Chapel still here now use for events and expositions see post) . There were rabbits, partridges, woodcocks, but also blackbirds and thrushes; wild boars and deer, but also foxes, otters and polecats! And the regulation already states that the removal of the wheel barrows from the market once unloaded was obligatory.  Today, it is the influx of seasonal exhibitors that upsets the habits of those who come to sell and buy year-round, and makes the Auray market the obligatory passage for visitors staying in the region.

The city of Auray on its markets: https://www.auray.fr/Ma-ville/Marches-et-halles

The local Bay of Quiberon tourist office on the markets in the area so Auray : https://www.baiedequiberon.bzh/les-marches-traditionnels

There you go folks, a nice lovely countryside market, the very heart of French gastronomy ; we love them!! Would be a great meeting point for any occasion; I am ready! The markets are the soul of France be there or be square! Auray is a nice smallist town, great feel for the French way of life. Again, hope you enjoy the post on the markets in Auray as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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