Since then, it has been home to the city's most important buildings, including the Maison de la Commune from the Ancien Régime onwards.

[7] 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.

[11] Comprising a three-story building, it was towered over by a six-story belfry with a machicolated allure, topped by a lantern and weather vane.

[17] As a result of dissatisfaction with wine taxes, a riot broke out in 1635: Jean Seguin, the mayor's secretary, was massacred and his corpse thrown into the well.

[nb 1][20] Part of Prefect Charles de Chastenet's major urban planning project for Périgueux,[21] the new covered marketplace was built in 1832–1833 on the site of the former consulate by architect Louis Catoire.

[16] On 25 March 1908, priest Noé Chabot opened a bar-tabac on the square, which regularly welcomed railway workers from the Compagnie du Paris-Orléans.

[16] On 17 July 2013, a plaque in honor of Jean Boussuges (1938–2013), the famous "poet of the Coderc",[24] was officially inaugurated at the corner with rue de la Sagesse.

[26] In early 2015, the town decided to limit parking on the square, from May to September, to people with reduced mobility and delivery vehicles.

[31]With its irregular polygonal shape, the square's layout corresponds to two adjoining trapezoids, a small one to the east and a large one to the west.

[nb 3] The main architectural feature is the Coderc hall, built in 1832–1833, a rectangular building that occupies the entire western side of the square.

[33] In the northeast corner, at 17 place du Coderc, the "maison Lapeyre" (named after the pharmacist who occupied it from the late 18th and early 19th centuries) or the "maison Pouyaud" (named after his successor), stands at the corner of 1 rue Limogeanne,[34] the main pedestrian crossing in Périgueux's historic center.

[35] Jean Boussuges (1938–2013), locally nicknamed the "poet of the Coderc", wrote a collection of poems, most of which relate to encounters and observations he made on this square.