Les Halles de la Cartoucherie take company events from 10 to 1,500 people: study days, seminars, conventions, trade shows, graduation ceremonies, general meetings, cocktails and company parties. The building is a 13,500-square-meter former munitions hall in the Cartoucherie eco-district of Toulouse, reopened in September 2023 as a public place with food stalls, sports, coworking and a performance hall, La Cabane.
Seminars and company events
The venue sells four formats. The study day, full or half, uses equipped meeting rooms set up as plenary, classroom, islands or U, with a coffee welcome and lunch included. Residential seminars run over several days, with hotels within walking distance in the district. The cocktail or shared-meal format serves long tables or small plates, with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options. Custom events cover conferences, trade shows, graduation ceremonies, general meetings, company evenings and full buyouts of the building.
An events team handles planning and coordination. Team building can draw on activities already in the building: climbing, squash, wellness sessions, hip-hop dance and fitness.
Rooms and capacities
Salle Esquirol, on the first floor, covers 95 square meters: up to 60 in plenary, 30 in classroom, islands, U or double U, and 80 for a cocktail. Salle Les Chalets, also upstairs, measures 33 square meters and seats 16 around a single square table.
Le Forum, at the heart of the halls, covers 262 square meters and takes up to 180 standing or 150 seated in conference layout. La Grande Rue, 425 square meters, hosts cocktails for up to 130.
La Cabane, the performance hall on the south side, opened in September 2024. For private events it takes 600 for a cocktail, 440 in auditorium layout or 180 for a seated dinner.
The Roof offers three rooms of 35, 70 and 100 square meters in the South Hall: up to 60 in theatre style, 24 in U or islands, and 80 for a cocktail. Les 500, a 500-square-meter flexible space near the halls, takes 15 to 150 people.
Accommodation
There are no bedrooms in the building. The venue points to two hotels next door: Sangha, a three-star hotel with 75 rooms, and Eklo.
Catering
The halls house 25 food traders, a bar, a wine shop and a grocery. Event menus are prepared on site and include vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free choices. Study-day formats include the coffee welcome and lunch.
History and setting
The Cartoucherie produced ammunition for more than a century. A cartridge-loading workshop was built in 1876, and by 1918 the site employed 14,730 people. Production ended in the 1990s and industrial activity stopped in 2005. Only two buildings were kept: the halls and the building that became the Véo cinema. The city chose the Cosmopolis collective in 2016 to convert the halls; work by the developer Redman, Compagnie Architecture and Oeco Architectes ran from 2021 to 2023, and the renovation carries the regional NoWatt label. The halls are open to the public every day, and the whole building is accessible to wheelchair users.
Getting there
The address is 10 place de la Charte des Libertés Communales, 31300 Toulouse. Take metro line A to Arènes, then tram T1 to Cartoucherie; bus 45 also stops there. Street parking is not allowed in the eco-district, so drivers use the nearby Indigo car parks (Du Barry, Grande Bretagne, Raymond Badiou). The city center is 15 minutes away by bike.
