Saint-Jean Square
St-Jean Square has a beautiful harmony and a great unity of buildings since most buildings visible today date from the nineteenth century. In the center of the square, the pump, built between the two wars, was installed on a well several meters deep.
The local house
This house is the current town hall of the village. Built in 1874 before the separation of the village in 1894, it was first the town hall of St-Maurice, then the town hall of St-Jean-le-Puy. Restoration work undertaken in 1998 cleared the roughcast and showed the stones. A decoration (a bunch of flowers) adorned the pediment before collapsing in 1912.
The restructuring and extension of the town hall completed in 2013, also include the post office and the library.
The Cooper’s House
The Cooper’s House
It is one of the oldest houses in St-Jean. In this house, the Benedictines of the priory tithed the parishes of St-Maurice, Cordelle and Villemontais. On the front, we can see the remains of (the opening of) a bread oven.
The shops of the square
The post office closed in 2005, since replaced by a council post office installed in the premises of the town hall in 2013. Two restaurants have perpetuated the welcoming tradition of the village: The Saint Jean until 2013 and L’Escale, formerly known as Hôtel du Midi, then Au rendez-vous des voyageurs between the two wars, which closed in 2015. The same year, the St-Jean became the Oven of St-Jean, pizzeria -restaurant
In the past, there were many shops around the square: a butcher, a grocery store, a restaurant, a bar-café, a hairdresser, a tailor …
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