Halle Brauhauban, Market hall in Tarbes, France

Halle Brauhauban is a massive, compact covered market hall occupying 5,300 m² between rue Larrey and place du marché Brauhauban in central Tarbes. Its ground floor holds a small supermarket, permanent stalls for merchants and artisans, and a garage opening to the outside; a four-level car park rises to the south, its top level a terrace, while a large slab to the north serves as café terraces and a metal awning on the east side shelters the produce traders' open-air stalls.

Tarbes' municipal council decided in 1880 to build an open market in the Buron park, naming it after former mayor Antoine Jean Brauhauban in recognition of his bequests to the city. Work on the 4,000 m² site cost 450,000 francs and finished in March 1882. The hall was demolished and replaced by a market-hall-parking building opened in 1972; renovation began in January 2011 and the new hall was inaugurated on 19 April 2013 at a cost of nearly 10 million euros.

The hall carries the name of Antoine Jean Brauhauban, a former mayor of Tarbes, in recognition of the legacies he left to the city. Inside, permanent stalls of shopkeepers and artisans operate alongside a small supermarket, while vegetable growers set up their produce on the carreau twice a week.

The hall sits between rue Larrey to the south and place du marché Brauhauban to the north. Vehicle access to the four-level car park is from the south side; the top level is a terrace. Cafés use the large slab on the north side as a terrace, and a metal awning on the east side shelters the open-air produce stalls.

A local farm called Ferme deth Bosc runs a regular stand here selling vegetables they grow themselves. This stand across from Boucherie Occitane shows how producers and shoppers connect directly at this market.