morning a large market is open in the main square, the Place de la Liberation. The market attracts nearly 200 merchants, making it second largest market in the Loire department, both in terms of diversity and quality. It is also the largest market in the department to require that market traders remove all their waste at the end of each market Every Saturday morning a market of farmers and artisans takes place on the same site, in the Canal Street extension. Sports Sports clubs are organized in associations. The BCR - Basket Club de Rive de Gier is a men's basketball team. The Gier Country Rugby Club has a men's and a women's rugby team that participates in the Federal Championship of Women's Rugby. The Athletic Club Rive de Gier is a football club. Culture Socio-Cultural facilities The Chaplin cinema in rue Jules Guesde has a room for art and holds monthly "thematic meetings", combining information and public debate. The Mediatheque Louis Aragon, near the old canal basin, was partly destroyed during the flood of 2 November 2008. L'Imprimerie (The Print shop) is a dinner theater in a former printing workshop. The Armand Lanoux and Henri Matisse social centres Theatre Couzon Theater Jean Dasté The Vincent d'Indy music school, classified a municipal conservatory, was created in 1969. Cultural events The jazz festival "RHINO JAZZ" ran for 30 years in Rive de Gier. Subsequent editions, starting in 2009, were held in Saint-Chamond The cartoon festival "BD'ART" held its 10th edition in December 2008 The Autumn Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture of Ripagerien Arts The Theatre Festival "The Wandering CO" is held every year for a week in Saint-Chamond, L'Horme and Rive de Gier. Mining heritage The statue Saint Eligius represents the patron saint of goldsmiths and blacksmiths, and stands at the main entrance of the first plant of the Marrel brothers company. The town hall is installed in the old headquarters of the canal company, classified as a historical monument. The canal was to link the Loire and the Rhone, but only the section from Givors to Rive-de-Gier was completed. The old Couzon tunnel was drilled during construction of the Saint-Étienne–Lyon railway, and is the first French railway tunnel. It was decommissioned in 1858. It is now classified a historical monument. The Gourd-Marin site is witness of mining exploitation in the 19th century. The "Warocquère" tower and the old bathhouse building