It was the home of Simone Signoret and Yves Montand, after whom the village's main street, the rue Yves Montand, is named.
His mother, Marie Thérèse Giffard de Beauport, was the daughter of Robert Giffard de Moncel, Sieur de Moncel à Autheuil, and the 1st Seigneur of Beauport, Quebec.