The square's history dates back to the Middle Ages. When the first market hall was built around , Coderc Plaza became an important location for the traditional market. Over the following centuries, a succession of mainly wealthy families settled on and around the square, leaving behind traces of their heritage.
After the French Revolution , the Coderc was the main executioner's square for around half a century. Later, commerce developed, and by the s, there were around thirty stores in the area. The word coderc or couderc comes from the Gallic word coderc or coterico , [ 2 ] meaning a common space.
Coderc Plaza dates back to the Middle Ages when it was much smaller than the present-day square, [ 7 ] and was home to the most important buildings in the town of Puy-Saint-Front. A clock is mentioned on the building dating back to Around , the first marketplace was built on the square. From to , a well was dug in the middle of the square; partly filled in, it was drained in — The marketplace was covered over in , then expanded in , before being destroyed on 29 March , to dislodge the Picardy regiment occupying it.
In the 17th century, the Coderc Plaza was the center of the district, where wealthy families built their homes. As a result of dissatisfaction with wine taxes, a riot broke out in Jean Seguin, the mayor's secretary, was massacred and his corpse thrown into the well. In , a new clock with a jacquemart bellstriker made of two wooden figures was installed at the top of the consulate belfry.
In , a liberty tree was planted in the middle of the Coderc Plaza. The consulate was demolished in , to be replaced by a new marketplace, and the remains of the building collapsed during a powerful storm on 23 May In , a project was launched to replace the marketplace with a new round marketplace on the same site, with triple the capacity.
