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Christmas Markets in France 2026
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When are the Christmas markets in France in 2026?
We list 148 Christmas markets in France, in 81 towns and cities. Confirmed 2026 dates include Colmar Christmas markets (5 sites) in Colmar, 23 Nov – 29 Dec 2026; Marché de Noël Authentique d'Eguisheim in Eguisheim, 27 Nov – 30 Dec 2026; Marché de Noël Authentique de Kaysersberg in Kaysersberg, 27 Nov – 20 Dec 2026. Last season the typical opening date was 26 Nov, and 51 markets stayed open after 25 December. The first Sunday of Advent in 2026 is 29 Nov 2026.
France's Christmas market heartland is Alsace, on the German border. Strasbourg — the self-proclaimed Capitale de Noël — has held its Christkindelsmärik since 1570, and Colmar, Kaysersberg, Riquewihr and Eguisheim turn into living Christmas cards. Lorraine celebrates Saint Nicholas with markets and parades in Nancy and Metz.
Elsewhere, French marchés de Noël are growing fast — from Paris and Lille to Lyon, Reims and Amiens. Look for vin chaud, bredele biscuits, gingerbread (pain d'épices), Flammkuchen and santons (Provençal nativity figures).
Best cities for Christmas markets in France
Paris
16 markets
Many neighbourhood markets rather than one giant one.
Strasbourg
13 markets
The Capital of Christmas, with a market held since 1570.
Nancy
9 markets
Saint Nicholas celebrations around the golden gates of Place Stanislas.
Colmar
6 markets
Six markets among half-timbered houses and canals.
Metz
6 markets
Markets on several squares, with a big wheel and ice rink.
Amiens
5 markets
Haguenau
4 markets
Rennes
4 markets
Toulouse
4 markets
Lyon
2 markets
The Festival of Lights around 8 December and a market on Place Carnot.
Lille
1 market
A market on Place Rihour and a big wheel on the Grand Place.
All Christmas markets in France by town
There are also 1 seasonal ice rink in France — see our Christmas ice skating guide.
Agde
- Marché de Noël du Cap d'AgdeDates to be announced↗
Amiens
- Amiens Creators Market (Marché des Createurs)21 Nov – 30 Dec 2025↗
- Marché de Noël d'Amiens - House of Father Christmas (La Maison du Père Noël )21 Nov – 30 Dec 2025↗
- Marché de Noël d'Amiens - Parc de l'Evêché21 Nov – 30 Dec 2025↗
- Marché de Noël d'Amiens - Place Gambetta21 Nov – 30 Dec 2025↗
- Marché de Noël d'Amiens - Village of Bubbles (Le Village des bulles)21 Nov – 30 Dec 2025↗
Annecy
- Annecy Noël des AlpesDates to be announced↗
Arras
- Marché de Noël d'Arras28 Nov – 30 Nov 2025↗
Barr
- Barr Noël authentique6 Dec – 14 Dec 2025↗
Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche
- Marché de Noël Beaulieu5 Dec – 7 Dec 2025↗
Bennwihr
- Marché De Noel: Lumières Et Gourmandises À La Cave BestheimDates to be announced↗
Bergheim
- Marché de Noël de Bergheim28 Nov – 7 Dec 2025↗
Besançon
- Marché de Noël BesançonDates to be announced↗
Bischwiller
- Noel des producteurs locaux10 Dec 2025↗
Bordeaux
- Marché de Noël de Bordeaux28 Nov – 28 Dec 2025↗
Bourges
- Village de Noël de Bourges13 Dec – 24 Dec 2025↗
Caen
- Marché de Noël de CaenDates to be announced↗
Castres
- Marché de Noël de Castres5 Dec – 31 Dec 2025↗
Chambéry
- Marché de Noël de ChambéryDates to be announced↗
Clermont-Ferrand
- Marché de Noël de Clermont-Ferrand28 Nov – 28 Dec 2025↗
Colmar
- Colmar - Place des Dominicains Artisan Arts Market23 Nov – 29 Dec 2026↗
- Colmar - Place Jeanne d'Arc Alsatian Specialties Market23 Nov – 29 Dec 2026↗
- Colmar -- Koifhus Indoor Market23 Nov – 29 Dec 2026↗
- Colmar -- Place de la Cathédrale23 Nov – 29 Dec 2026↗
- Colmar Marché de Noël - Place de l'Ancienne Douane23 Nov – 29 Dec 2026↗
- Colmar Gourmet Christmas Market25 Nov 2025 – 5 Jan 2026↗
Dijon
- Dijon Marché de NoëlDates to be announced↗
Douai
- Douai Christmas MarketDates to be announced↗
Drusenheim
- Drus'Noel29 Nov – 30 Nov 2025↗
Eguisheim
- Marché de Noël Authentique d'Eguisheim27 Nov – 30 Dec 2026↗
Épinal
- Épinal Festival of Saint NicolasDates to be announced↗
Erstein
- Erstein Creators market1 Dec – 23 Dec 2025↗
Grussenheim
- Grussenheim Christmas Market5 Dec – 7 Dec 2025↗
Guebwiller
- Noël BleuDates to be announced↗
Guemar
- Marché de l'Avent de Guemar20 Dec – 21 Dec 2025↗
Herbsheim
- Herbsheim Christmas Night Market5 Dec 2025↗
Hurtigheim
- Noel d'antan et Noel d'aujourd'hui7 Dec 2025↗
Kaysersberg
Kingersheim
- Marché de Noël de Kingersheim28 Nov – 30 Nov 2025↗
Le Barcarès
- Marché de Noël BarcaresDates to be announced↗
Lens
- Village de Noël de Lens6 Dec – 31 Dec 2025↗
Lorentzen
- Lorentzen Christmas Market7 Dec 2025↗
Lubersac
- Lubersac Marché de Noël5 Dec 2025↗
Marckolsheim
- Marckolsheim Traditional Christmas market29 Nov – 30 Nov 2025↗
Marseille
- Marseille Marché de Noël23 Nov 2025 – 5 Jan 2026↗
Matzenheim
- Matzenheim Christmas Weekend - Solidarity and Sharing6 Dec – 7 Dec 2025↗
Menton
Metz
- Metz Marché de Noël Gare de Metz21 Nov – 30 Dec 2025↗
- Metz Marché de Noël Place de la Comédie21 Nov – 30 Dec 2025↗
- Metz Marché de Noël Place de la République21 Nov – 30 Dec 2025↗
- Metz Marché de Noël Place Saint-Jacques21 Nov – 30 Dec 2025↗
- Metz Marché de Noël Place Saint-Louis21 Nov – 30 Dec 2025↗
- Place d'Armes Jacques-François Blondel Christmas market21 Nov – 30 Dec 2025↗
Montauban
- Féerie de Noël MontaubanDates to be announced↗
Montbéliard
- Montbéliard Marché de Noël29 Nov – 24 Dec 2025↗
Montpellier
Mothern
- Mothern Christmas Market13 Dec – 14 Dec 2025↗
Mulhouse
- Marché de Noël de Mulhouse24 Nov – 27 Dec 2025↗
Munster
- Christmas Market in the Mountains (Weekends 21 Nov - 31 Dec, & 19-31 Dec. Closed 25 Dec.)21 Nov – 31 Dec 2025↗
Mutzig
- Un Noel magique a Mutzig29 Nov – 30 Nov 2025↗
Nancy
- Fêtes de Saint Nicholas Nancy21 Nov 2025 – 4 Jan 2026↗
- Gourmet village on Place Vaudemont21 Nov 2025 – 4 Jan 2026↗
- Le Village le Bois des 3 Petits Enfants21 Nov 2025 – 4 Jan 2026↗
- Le Village Sous la Porte de la Craffe21 Nov 2025 – 4 Jan 2026↗
- Nancy St Nicholas Village21 Nov 2025 – 4 Jan 2026↗
- Santa Claus' daughter, whipping father's son21 Nov 2025 – 4 Jan 2026↗
- The Village Of The Three Beards21 Nov 2025 – 4 Jan 2026↗
- Village De La Grande Roue21 Nov 2025 – 4 Jan 2026↗
- Village of Vosages21 Nov 2025 – 4 Jan 2026↗
Nantes
Obernai
- Marché de Noël d'Obernai28 Nov – 31 Dec 2025↗
Orléans
Ostheim
- Marché de l'Avent d'Ostheim29 Nov 2025↗
Ottmarsheim
- Museum and craftmen Christmas market12 Dec – 14 Dec 2025↗
Paris
- Marché de Noël de la Défense13 Nov – 28 Dec 2025↗
- La Magie de Noël - Marché de Noël des Tuileries15 Nov 2025 – 4 Jan 2026↗
- Notre-Dame Christmas Market28 Nov – 25 Dec 2025↗
- Alsatian Christmas Market at Gare de l'EstDates to be announced↗
- Bastille Christmas MarketDates to be announced↗
- Eiffel Tower Christmas Market on Quai BranlyDates to be announced↗
- Hôtel de Ville Christmas MarketDates to be announced↗
- Japanese Christmas Market (Salon Idées Japon)Dates to be announced↗
- Jardins du Trocadero Christmas MarketDates to be announced↗
- Made in the 18th Christmas MarketDates to be announced↗
- Marché de Noël de Saint-MichelDates to be announced↗
- Marché de Noël, 15th ArrondissementDates to be announced↗
- Marché Saint-Eustache-Les HallesDates to be announced↗
- Montmartre Christmas Market at Place des AbbessesDates to be announced↗
- Saint-Germain-des-Prés Christmas MarketDates to be announced↗
- The Faeries of Auteil (Les Faeries d'Auteil)Dates to be announced↗
Pfastatt
- Marché de Noël des lutins (Christmas Market of Elves)28 Nov – 7 Dec 2025↗
Pia
- Marché de Noël Pia5 Dec – 21 Dec 2025↗
Reims
- Marché de Noël de Reims26 Nov – 28 Dec 2025↗
Ribeauvillé
- Marché de Noël Médiéval de Ribeauvillé6 Dec – 14 Dec 2025↗
Riquewihr
- Marché de Noël Traditionnel de Riquewihr27 Nov – 20 Dec 2026↗
Saint-Louis
Saint-Nicholas-de-Port
- Les Fetes de Saint-Nicolas-de-Port6 Dec 2025↗
Sarlat
- Marché de Noël de Sarlat4 Dec – 31 Dec 2025↗
Sarre Union
- Petit Marché De Noël30 Nov 2025↗
Saumur
- Marché de Noël de SaumurDates to be announced↗
Saverne
- Christmas Fairy Tale29 Nov – 28 Dec 2025↗
Sélestat
- Noël à Sélestat21 Nov – 28 Dec 2025↗
Seltz
- Seltz Christmas Market29 Nov – 30 Nov 2025↗
Soufflenheim
- Christmas market in the city of potters13 Dec – 14 Dec 2025↗
Strasbourg
- Village de l'Avent at Square Louise Weiss26 Nov – 24 Dec 2025↗
- Christkindelsmärik at Place Benjamin Zix27 Nov – 24 Dec 2026↗
- Christkindelsmärik at Place Broglie27 Nov – 24 Dec 2026↗
- Christkindelsmärik at Place de la Cathédrale27 Nov – 24 Dec 2026↗
- Christkindelsmärik at Place des Meuniers27 Nov – 24 Dec 2026↗
- Christkindelsmärik at Place du Château27 Nov – 24 Dec 2026↗
- Christkindelsmärik at Place du Corbeau27 Nov – 24 Dec 2026↗
- Christkindelsmärik at Place du Marché-aux-Poissons27 Nov – 24 Dec 2026↗
- Christkindelsmärik at Place du Temple Neuf27 Nov – 24 Dec 2026↗
- Christkindelsmärik at Place Grimmeissen27 Nov – 24 Dec 2026↗
- Christkindelsmärik at Place Kléber27 Nov – 24 Dec 2026↗
- Christkindelsmärik at Place Saint-Thomas27 Nov – 24 Dec 2026↗
- Christkindelsmärik at Rue Gutenberg27 Nov – 24 Dec 2026↗
Sundhouse
- Sundhouse Christmas market30 Nov 2025↗
Thann
- Marché de Noël de ThannDates to be announced↗
Toulon
- Marche de Noël ToulonDates to be announced↗
Turckheim
- Marché de Noel Turckheim27 Nov – 30 Dec 2026↗
Vandières
- Vandiéres Marchés de NoëlDates to be announced↗
Widensolen
- Widensolen St. Nicholas'MarketDates to be announced↗
Frequently asked questions
How many Christmas markets are there in France?
We list 148 Christmas markets in France. The towns with the most are Paris (16), Strasbourg (13), Nancy (9), Colmar (6) and Metz (6).
When do Christmas markets start in France?
Last season the earliest market in our list, Avignon Christmas Market in Avignon, opened on 1 Nov 2025; the typical opening date was 26 Nov 2025. In 2026 the first Sunday of Advent is 29 Nov 2026, and most markets open in the week or two before it.
Which Christmas markets in France are open after Christmas?
51 markets stayed open after 25 December last season, for example Amiens Creators Market (Marché des Createurs) (Amiens), Marché de Noël d'Amiens - House of Father Christmas (La Maison du Père Noël ) (Amiens), Marché de Noël d'Amiens - Parc de l'Evêché (Amiens) and Marché de Noël d'Amiens - Place Gambetta (Amiens). See our open after Christmas list.