The building was built in the first half of the 16th century (according to the choir bays and the north capital pier of the fore-choir bay); the south aisle must have been added a little later. Since the pillars and vaults were not established during the first campaign, they were built in several stages: 1557 for the north aisle (date inscribed on a corbel) and 1622 for that of the crossing and the choir. The classical-style portal was built in the 17th century and the sacristy in 1717 as indicated by the date of the washbasin. It was probably fortified at the end of the 16th century or in the 17th century.
The church of Saint-Martin, located in the centre of the village, has an elongated plan. The nave with three naves and three bays is preceded by a bell tower. A bay of the ante-choir is flanked to the north by a chapel and to the south by a sacristy. The choir has a straight bay and a three-sided apse. The walls, in limestone rubble, have bays in cut stone. The floor of the central aisle is in limestone slabs, that of the choir in black and red marble checkerboard. The walls are pierced by semicircular and pointed arch bays. The interior is vaulted with ribs, with shooting openings in the walls. The church is covered with slate, with long-span roofs for the nave, the chapel and the choir, and a square spire for the bell tower.
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