Marché aux puces de Saint-Ouen
Rue des Rosiers
Saint-Ouen
Paris, July 2002
“The origins of the flea market date back to 1885, following the decree by Prefect Eugène Poubelle prohibiting the dumping of garbage at the entrances of buildings in Paris. Ragpickers settled in the Malassis plain, a piece of land adjacent to the fortifications of Paris. This plain is part of the Zone, a 250-meter-wide strip of land where construction is prohibited around the Thiers fortifications, built in 1844. All construction is forbidden in this zone for reasons of military security. On these vacant lots, shantytowns of a very poor population will accumulate.” (Marché aux puces de Saint-Ouen, Wikipedia)
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