Challans

• The washing of the guy.
• The Commandery of Coudrie (Historical Monument).
• The castle of Veria (can not be visited).
• The church and its separate steeple.
• The chapel of the Bloire (to visit).
• The farms of Terrière and Cailletière.
• The Bailly hardware store.
• The space Jan-et-Joël Martel.

• Three markets a week: Tuesday, Friday and Saturday morning.
• One day in 1910, in July and August:

• The association "Autrefois Challans" organizes every summer, in July and August, four Thursdays of old-fashioned fairs. 1700 volunteers mobilize to prepare this gigantic fresco of the past become the first free entry event of the Pays de la Loire. In a constant concern for authenticity and festivity, the maraîchins renew with ancestral gestures: threshing beans to the manufacture of flax, bread, wine.
• Permanent animations: mixed with the actors, the visitor is permanently and everywhere in the heart of the action. The cyclists of the Tour de France 1910 ride on their magnificent velocipedes. The fake "officials" parade accompanied by folk groups and musicians, escorted by bikers with gleaming machines and roaring that follow with great difficulty splendid automobiles driven by drivers and their companions dressed. Firefighters operate their hand pump. You can walk aboard nice horse carts. The carnival also surprises with its period games. Children can discover the school of their great-grandparents with their games, where they can slide inside "Léon", the biggest duck-slide in the world!
• Kermesse and maraîchine wedding: at the end of the day, the party continues with the fair with the sound of the accordion and the rhythm of its games. The newlyweds and their procession arrive at the communal hall where the canopy is set up to welcome the guests of the wedding maraîchine, a lively banquet that will make you spend an unforgettable evening discovering the tradition of the region.

• La Folle Journée de Nantes in the Region (January): festival of music welcoming international artists, young talents and local amateur artists.
• Municipal cultural season (September to June): theater, concerts, dance, humor, exhibitions, conferences...
• Music Festival (June): big outdoor concert in the city center.
• National Jumping (July): jumping competition.
• Fair of the Mineas (September): one of the most important fairs-expo of the Great West.
• Christmas parade (December).

Ideally located near the island of Noirmoutier and the island of Yeu, the country of Challans enjoys a preserved natural setting: between marshes and grove, the territory offers 150 km of bike paths to discover the heritage original, before offering you a leap into the past with the old-fashioned fairs.

The country of Challans is home to exceptional places such as the Chauvet Island Abbey in Bois-de-Céné, Sallertaine "City and Crafts", the small mill in Châteauneuf and the Rairé mill in Sallertaine. Come discover all the riches of this territory.