Maquis des Fiottes
In July 1943, the Resistance fighter Joseph Pelletier, co-founder of the Bernard maquis (Ouroux-en-Morvan), hid four S.T.O. (Service du Travail Obligatoire) draft dodgers in these woods.
Your tour begins at St Denis church. This 16th-century Renaissance building was remodelled in the 19th century. To reach the Bois des Fiottes, you will follow part of the GRP Tour du Morvan between Ouroux-en-Morvan and Moux-en-Morvan.
After about 3km, you will come to the commemorative stele of the Fiottes maquis. In July 1943, Resistance fighter Joseph Pelletier, co-founder of the Bernard maquis (Ouroux-en-Morvan), hid four S.T.O. (Service du Travail Obligatoire) draft dodgers in these woods. After moving around a little in the surrounding woods, the maquis returned to this spot on 14 February 1944. The next day, a team of collaborators managed to find the camp and killed the five maquisards.
You can also see Christmas tree plantations in the surrounding area. Moux-en-Morvan was the cradle of this industry, which began around 1930. Today, Morvan is France's leading Christmas tree-growing region, accounting for 1⁄4 of national production, or around 1 million trees, from 1,500 hectares of plantations.
