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In the fall and all winter, there are appointments that are obvious here. They make the charm of the Gers localities of Gimont, Samatan, Seissan, or Eauze… We are of course talking to you about fat markets in the Gers!
Where and when to live a fat market?
Whether you are coming from the East, West, North or South of Auch, you will definitely find a fat market on your route! Look carefully at the market days, during the week or at the weekend, you should be able to easily find:
- à Samatan le Monday (35 km from Auch) from November 11, 2024 to March 31, 2025: carcass market at 9:30 a.m. and foie gras market at 10:30 a.m.
- à Samatan le Monday (35 km from Auch) from April 7, 2025 to October 27, 2025 at 10 a.m.: carcass and foie gras market at 10 a.m.
Open all year round, coupled with a live poultry market.
Coupled with a broiler market - à I'm standing le Friday (20km from Auch) from October 25, 2024 to March 21, 2025: carcass and foie gras market at 10 a.m.
- à Eauze le Sunday (52km from Auch) from November 3, 2024: carcass and foie gras market at 10 a.m.
Coupled with a poultry market. - à Gimont le Sunday (26 km from Auch) from October 27, 2024 to March 23, 2025: foie gras and carcasses market at 10 a.m.
In addition to the fat markets, the festive poultry are planned before Christmas:
- In Samatan, Mondays December 9, 16, 23, and 30
- In Gimont, Sunday December 15 and 22
Did you know ?
The Gers is the 1st French department to produce traditional foie gras, this heritage shared with our neighbors in the great South-West. The duck with foie gras from Gers benefits from a IGP (Protected Geographical Indication) specific to this department.
Where to buy duck and goose products near Auch
You like buy fresh, cooked and processed products while enjoying the landscapes of our Gers countryside, the authenticity of the place directly from the producer ? Then you can go to:
- to the Farm in Castéra à Castelnau-Barbarens (17km from Auch). On the way, don't miss the discovery stop in the village, this small perched castelnau... its embankments, its old stones, its history, its point of view from the back of the church,
- to the Cousteau farm à Peyrusse Massas,
- à Terre Blanche in Saint-Puy;
- and even ordered from Gersement Good! (based in Aubiet).
In town in Auch, you will have the Tistou counter (products from Maison Ramajo in Dému), The Gourmet Cellar et At Lucien's close to the Auch cathedral and of course the traditional markets Thursday morning in lower town, or Saturday morning in upper town.
Learn to cut your duck
À the Cousteau inn in Saint-Lary (15 km from Auch), from the end of September to the end of April, Yann offers you a training course. He will teach you how to cut the fatty duck into different quarters and to prepare your preserves. You can even take them back with you at the end of the course, all in a good atmosphere. You can stay in the guest rooms with “chic countryside” decor on the same site. To prolong the pleasure, go to the “restaurant” side, very close to the fireplace…
Article updated in October 2024
