The village is a village castral: it was formed around the castle built in the eleventh century. The castle itself, or rather the castle mound, was built around 1050, while the town houses were first built in the yard of the castle, defended by a palisade slope system and ditch system water supplied by the same derivation Céphons.
The town is located in the geographical area and in the area of milk production, manufacture and ripening of cheese Valençay.
The culture of the green lens Berry is present in the county.
Flamingo Eugene (1842-1935), railway engineer, was born in Moulins-sur-Céphons.
The municipality is crossed by the path of great hiking country Valençay.