The old school town hall opened in 1897. It was the continuation, larger and more current, of the previous school, that of Victor Duruy, who wanted each village to be equipped with it.
The construction of the school was prompted by the organic laws on the school, called "Jules Ferry". It is a square, massive, two-storey building, high in Caen stone, with a four-sided tiled roof.
The town hall was on the first floor. It was accessed through an imposing double-cased door, overlooking the small street now Roman road. However, high walls surrounded the school and the two playgrounds, which girls and boys had to pass through two separate gates, located on either side of the entrance to the Mary. The town hall and the school were thus grouped in the same place, symbolizing the Republic.
The school has endured and survived the events and tragedies of the 20th century. It is indissolubly linked to the village, its inhabitants and their history. It has always operated as a single class.
It closed definitively in 1980. His students were welcomed in a school group in the nearby village with a public transit service.
In 2014, the Town Hall moved to the Roman Way, No. 3, in the premises of the former presbytery, restored and equipped for this purpose.
The school of Jules Ferry thus set up, in all the villages, a school which wanted to be the equivalent of the "training for life" for our ascendants.
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