 From its medieval origins to the Second Empire, village life was organized primarily around the church and the adjoining square, the current "Place de la Republique".The installation of a religious boarding school in 1857, which was one of the first buildings to be built in the second half of the 19th century in "Aigrefeuille", paved the way for urban planning work which also continued during the Third Republic.During the Second Empire, the centre of the village began to change.