Fête de Chèvremont

The Fête de Chèvremont: cabbage, songs, and conviviality

Chèvremont is a village of some 1,600 inhabitants in the Territoire de Belfort, famous throughout the region for being the Franche-Comté capital of sauerkraut. This unique gastronomic reputation gives local festive life a special flavor, which the Chèvremont festivities committee carefully cultivates in organizing the annual festival.

Chèvremont cabbage: an emblematic product

The market gardening tradition of cabbage in Chèvremont dates back several centuries. The inhabitants have developed unique expertise in growing and processing cabbage into sauerkraut using ancestral methods. This tradition has given rise to a strong local identity, celebrated in songs glorifying the commune and in local artistic productions. The Fête de Chèvremont is an opportunity to pay tribute to this gastronomic and cultural heritage.

The festival program

Every summer, the Fête de Chèvremont offers a festive and convivial weekend:

• Market and tasting: sauerkraut and local cabbage-based specialties, village producers
• Children's entertainment: games, discovery trails, shows
• Concert and show: local music, Chèvremont songs, regional bands
• Chemin des Choux Walk: a discovery trail of the village heritage (8.5 km)
• Festive meal: banquet with traditional sauerkraut prepared by associations
• Popular ball: dancing evening with an orchestra or DJ

La Chougalante, emblematic village hall

Chèvremont's village hall, affectionately nicknamed La Chougalante (referring to "cabbage"), is the heart of the village's festive life. Located on Rue de l'Église, this communal hall hosts Chèvremont's major events and reflects the humor and quirky identity of this village that has made its cabbage a true cultural banner.

A village at the gates of the Territoire de Belfort

Chèvremont is located in the canton of Chèvremont, in the northeastern part of the Territoire de Belfort, between Belfort and Alsace. Its geographical location at the interface of several regional cultures (Franche-Comté, Alsatian, Burgundian) gives it an open and cosmopolitan personality, reflected in the diversity of its annual festival's entertainment.