Our history

The village of Bourgvilain is not lacking in charm. Situated in the valley of the Valouzin, a stream that rises in the meadows around Tramayes, it is mentioned as early as the 11th century in a charter from the Abbey of Cluny, under the name Burgus Villanorum. Originally, it was just a group of stables, the best-known part of the village being located near the Château de Corcelles.

Cereals and crops cover most of the communal territory. Around 1910, the village boasted a large number of businesses in the town and the hamlets of Montval, Montangerand and Corcelles: two inns, a pork butcher, a grocery-mercery and fabric store, a tobacconist, a shoemaker, a wheelwright, blacksmiths, a mason, a miller, three shoemakers, four tailors, a gardener and a lime and tile manufacturer.

The Larochette restaurant has been the village's gastronomic landmark ever since. Not so long ago, the Larochette sisters, avid collectors of old postcards, were still at the stove. The famous mushrooms in cream sauce were served here. The Auberge Larochette has been eating there for over a hundred years. The premises were once home to stagecoaches. The rings used to tie the horses still hang on the stone wall of the staircase. They bear witness to the mansion's rich past.