This Monday, October 12, Vincent Bouget, Mayor of Nîmes, and Emmanuel Bois, Deputy Mayor for Commerce, met with all the stallholders of the Nîmes Market Halls. This first collective meeting with the new municipal team aims to re-establish dialogue and find common solutions for the management, security, and renovation of this central hub of Nîmes life.
The Market Halls, a living and commercial space at the heart of the city, are essential to the identity of Nîmes. After six months in office, the municipality wished to share its assessments and orientations with the professionals for a new phase of collective work. The goal is to restore a relationship of trust to advance on priority issues.
Three main orientations have been affirmed: the maintenance of public management of the Market Halls, the renovation of the building to bring it up to standard and ensure its safety while preserving the spirit of the food market, and the City's resumption of waste management.
A first project concerns waste management. Work is planned for early 2027 to improve the hygiene and safety of the current premises. The City will also resume waste collection through a service provider, in consultation with stallholders to define the terms and cost sharing.
Bringing the building up to standard and ensuring its safety are other major challenges. The renovation work aims to secure the facility while maintaining its function as a food market, a meeting place, and an animation hub. Their organization and impact on commercial activity will be discussed with professionals to minimize disruptions. Public domain occupation permits, whose agreements have not been renewed for decades, will also be subject to individual dialogue.
To frame this initiative, the municipality will implement broad consultation, supported by a service provider to be appointed by the end of the year. It will begin with exchanges with different food sectors before extending to all stallholders.
