It is famous for the historical events which took place there, notably during the Second World War where it hosted a group of French resistance fighters, the Maquis du Mont Mouchet.

On the 19 June 1767, Jean Chastel, accompanied only by his two sons, left to track down the Beast of Gévaudan in the forest of Mont Mouchet.

According to Chastel's description, the beast would emerge from the woods onto the track, and sit on its haunches in fright, awaiting an inescapable death.

Mont Mouchet has been visited by several French presidents: General de Gaulle, on June 5, 1959; Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, on June 23, 1974; François Mitterrand, on July 5, 1981;[2] François Hollande, on July 6, 2014.

I have kept coming to pay homage to the memory of those who fell in battle at this high place in our fatherland, and to salute the former soldiers who fought here under the command of Colonel Gaspard.