The Maquis de Fontjun was one of the

maquis Maquis may refer to: Resistance groups * Maquis (World War II), predominantly rural guerrilla bands of the French Resistance * Spanish Maquis, guerrillas who fought against Francoist Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War * The network ...

networks of

French resistance The French Resistance (french: La Résistance) was a collection of organisations that fought the German occupation of France during World War II, Nazi occupation of France and the Collaborationism, collaborationist Vichy France, Vichy régim ...

fighters against the

German occupation German-occupied Europe refers to the sovereign countries of Europe which were wholly or partly occupied and civil-occupied (including puppet governments) by the military forces and the government of Nazi Germany at various times between 1939 an ...

during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. The Fontjun maquis was active in the west of the

Hérault Hérault (; oc, Erau, ) is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France. Named after the Hérault River, its prefecture is Montpellier. It had a population of 1,175,623 in 2019.département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the regions of France, admin ...

, between Saint-Pons and

Béziers Béziers (; oc, Besièrs) is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hérault Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of Southern France. Every August Béziers hos ...

Composition of the maquis

The members of the maquis were originally from the canton of

Capestang Capestang (; oc, Cabestanh) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. History In antiquity, the nearby marshes were crossed by the 1500-metre-long Roman Pont Serme.Colin O’Connor: Roman Bridges, Cambridge University Press 19 ...

: *Marc Albert, from

Montady Montady (; oc, Montadin) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department *Étang de Montady : The Étang de Montady ( en, "pond of Montady") is ...

. *Elie Amouroux, from Capestang. *Louis Baisse, from Capestang. *Guy Bourdel, from Capestang. *Bertin Bousquet, from Montady. *Danton Cabrol, from Capestang. *Simon-Paul Cabrol, from Capestang. *Juliette Cauquil, from

Puisserguier Puisserguier (; Languedocien: ''Puègserguièr'') is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department The following is a list of the 342 Communes of ...

. *Roger Cauquil, from Puisserguier. *André Combet, from Capestang. *Pierre Cros, from Nissan-lez-Ensérune. *Pierre Dez, from Nissan-lez-Ensérune. *Louis Huc, from Montady. *Emile Loscos, from Capestang. *Ignace Malet, from Capestang. *Henri Massat, from Capestang. *Salvador Montagne, from Puisserguier. *André Seguret, from Montady. *Maurice Sol, from Capestang. *Henry Villeneuve, from Montady. The maquisards were shot on 7 June 1944 at the place du Champ-de-Mars at

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