The Laval farm

On 6 April 1944, the Maquis de la Ferme Laval was defeated after around twenty resistance fighters battled Nazi soldiers and militiamen for over six hours. This easy walk from Lambruisse takes you to the site of this tragedy.

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Creation:
20 Apr 2025

Last update:
9 Jun 2025

Last review:
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Activity: Walking
Distance: 6.91 km
Average duration: 2h 50
Difficulty: Easy
Return to departure point: Yes
Vertical gain: + 216 m
Vertical drop: - 216 m
Highest point: 1,358 m
Lowest point: 1,142 m

Country: France
Areas: Alps, Trois-Évêchés
District: Lambruisse (04170)
Start/End: N 44.054122° / E 6.440381°
IGN map(s): Ref. 3440ET, 3541OT
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Description of the walk

In Lambruisse, park in the Iscles neighbourhood, near the recycling bins.

(S/E) Take the small road heading north without crossing the bridge over the Encure. After a few hundred metres, it becomes a track. You will come to a three-way junction

(1) Follow the track on the left, pass a house and keep right at the fork about 150 m further on.

(2) Continue left at the crossroads and you will soon reach the Laval farm, a historic site of the Maquis that fell in April 1944.

(3) Take the same route back to return to the car park (S/E).