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Aveyron

Occitanie · code 12 · 285 municipalities

191
hotspots in 2026
VIIRS · 1 Jan to October 26 2026
132
declared fires
BDIFF · year 2025, latest published
194
hectares burned
BDIFF · year 2025, latest published
Hotspots
VIIRS detection
industrial source
Hotspots by year

2026 stops on October 26.

0 200 400 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 218 22 23 24 25 191 ↗ 26

Worst affected municipalities

Cumulative hotspots since 2012.

Municipality Hotspots Recurrence
Saint Geniez d'Olt et d'Aubrac 147
13/14
Sauclières 100
8/14
Mostuéjouls 99
2/14
La Cavalerie 41
3/14
Saint-Laurent-d'Olt 38
7/14
Millau 34
8/14
Vézins-de-Lévézou 30
7/14
Pomayrols 30
7/14
Sévérac d'Aveyron 30
8/14
Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac 30
5/14

Why they start

Out of 293 declared fires whose cause is recorded, that is 46 % of those in the department.

Unintentional (private individual) 116 40 %
Unintentional (works) 104 35 %
Accidental 47 16 %
Arson 17 6 %
Natural 9 3 %

BDIFF source. An investigation succeeds more often when a fire is large or suspicious: arson is probably over-represented here.

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FeuxFrance, independent observatory of vegetation fires in France. "Vegetation fires in Aveyron", data of October 26, 2026. https://feuxfrance.com/en/departments/12-aveyron

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