Le Vanneau-Irleau et son marché sur l'eau

This communal market garden and hedgehog is located in the wild marsh. The Vana Aqua drift means vain and vague water preventing any cultivation before the digging of canals in the XIXth century. Irleau is a contraction of reau island where moreover have been exposed the stakes of a prehistoric lake city or well fortifications of a more recent period. The last Saturday of July, is organized at the Grand Port of Vanneau the Water Market where the products of individuals and traders are sold to more than 15.000 visitors! This festive event reflects one of the most singular traditions of market gardening: the transport of people, animals and goods on the humid roads forming the Green Venice.

To see: Grand Port du Vanneau, houses of the weasel, metallic bridge of the village of Sèvre, church St-Eutrope and Grand Port of Irleau.