FeuxFrance
Ariège
Occitanie · code 09 · 325 municipalities
These fires are lit
44 % of these detections fall in December, January or February, when vegetation does not burn on its own: this is prescribed burning, pastoral écobuage, lit deliberately to maintain summer pastures.
The figures below count them, because vegetation really is burning. They are not comparable to those of a Mediterranean department, where the peak is in July.
2026 stops on October 26.
| Year | Points chauds |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 288 |
| 2013 | 28 |
| 2014 | 86 |
| 2015 | 245 |
| 2016 | 208 |
| 2017 | 393 |
| 2018 | 22 |
| 2019 | 405 |
| 2020 | 131 |
| 2021 | 119 |
| 2022 | 180 |
| 2023 | 163 |
| 2024 | 84 |
| 2025 | 107 |
| 2026 (en cours) | 600 |
Worst affected municipalities
Cumulative hotspots since 2012.
| Municipality | Hotspots | Recurrence |
|---|---|---|
| Ustou | 248 |
|
| Saurat | 169 |
|
| Rabat-les-Trois-Seigneurs | 138 |
|
| Mérens-les-Vals | 121 |
|
| Perles-et-Castelet | 112 |
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| Arnave | 102 |
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| Cazenave-Serres-et-Allens | 94 |
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| L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre | 88 |
|
| Bordes-Uchentein | 74 |
|
| Appy | 68 |
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Why they start
Out of 31 declared fires whose cause is recorded, that is 15 % of those in the department.
BDIFF source. An investigation succeeds more often when a fire is large or suspicious: arson is probably over-represented here.
Cite this page
The figures on this page can be reused freely. This reference carries the date of the data, not the date of your visit: that is what lets you find the exact version of a figure later on.
FeuxFrance, independent observatory of vegetation fires in France. "Vegetation fires in Ariège", data of October 26, 2026. https://feuxfrance.com/en/departments/09-ariege
Free to reuse, provided you also cite the original source (NASA FIRMS, EFFIS or BDIFF) and do not present satellite hotspots as declared fires.