Schools

After the Revolution, the mansion was sold in two shares. In 1852, Mr Jean Nigay who owned a share, donated it to the village to set up a school for boys, where they were taught until 1997. At the same time, a classroom was used for the fine arts activities of the pupils until the opening of the school group in St-Jean.

This house, still known as the Bedin house served as a school-house for girls. The name of Mr Abel Bedin is found in an act of donation dated April 21, 1872. He and his sister were appointed as Mrs Massard’s heirs. « Widow Massard, born Bedin, donates a house and outbuildings and a garden located in the village of St-Maurice to the village of St-Maurice-sur-Loire to be specially and exclusively assigned to the existing school of girls, in the village of St-Maurice under the name of hamlet school, approved by decision of the Minister of Public Education dated 26 June 1878

The Bedin family gave this house and all its furniture to the village to open a state school for girls there. In spite of two interruptions, the building stopped being used for the school in 1971. More recently, after housing a country gîte, the building was sold to a private individual in 2005. Inside, some elements of decoration evoke the Renaissance past: a very beautiful spiral staircase, a mullioned window and a dovecot testify to the past richness of this residence.

In 1914 Catholic nuns used to teach the children of the village and its surroundings. Mr Antoine Burnot bought the house in 1919 after the war to open his office. His son Marcel succeeded him until 1971. A statue of Saint Joseph is still visible in a niche above the entrance.