This fairground is mentioned on 1823 land registry;
Later according to a
mayor’s project approved in 1854 by the Emperor Napoléon III, it was
given its rectangular present shape. Gradually the siding streets were created
and settlements appeared around: tree-nurseries, grocer’s shop-bar, ballroom,
together with a sawmill activated by a windmill kept working till around 1910.
A part of that ground still lies a meadow while another part is dedicated to set
up fairs.
In 1901 the mayor M. Bossange had the standing poplars felled down
and had 84 plane-trees planted along four lines.
In 1920, the Cartonneries
Martin (cardboard factory) settled on the north side.
At last, on July 4th
1986, the present town-hall, built on the spot of the former cardboard factory,
is opened.
In 1991, the war memorial is transferred opposite the town-hall
and the whole site is given the name Place Charles de Gaulle.
On the
opposite side, along the road D2020, in the 18th C, stood a leper hospital and a
chapel. A small statue of Saint-Lazare, standing in a recess on the front of
Nr.103, reminds the former leper hospital after which the area is named.