Murat (French pronunciation: [myʁa]) is a commune in the Cantal department in the Auvergne region in south-central France.

On 24 June 1944, during World War II, 120 Muratais were deported, 80 never returned.

At begin of June, 2012 a monument in the Memorial wood on the gardening area of former concentration camp was established: It was donated by the city of Murat, to remember what happened in Murat and to commemorate the deported and murdered inhabitants.

[4][5][6] The columns of basalt remember July 1944 when the Maquisards from Murat, Cantal were deported and afterwards murdered in the Neuengamme concentration camp and its affiliates.

[7] Murat is situated on the eastern edge of the Mounts of Cantal, in the valley of the Alagnon, a tributary of the Allier, which was the principal route for crossing the Massif Central.