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Charente
Nouvelle-Aquitaine · code 16 · 359 municipalities
Low danger for tomorrow
Météo des forêts · September 10, 2026The expected weather conditions and recent rainfall reduce the risk of fires starting and spreading.
The day after: Low danger.
Published by Météo-France, combining temperature, humidity, wind and vegetation dryness. It is not a fire forecast: it is how easily a fire would spread if one started.
2026 stops on September 9.
| Year | Points chauds |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 22 |
| 2013 | 42 |
| 2014 | 19 |
| 2015 | 40 |
| 2016 | 24 |
| 2017 | 28 |
| 2018 | 54 |
| 2019 | 34 |
| 2020 | 60 |
| 2021 | 40 |
| 2022 | 157 |
| 2023 | 74 |
| 2024 | 67 |
| 2025 | 104 |
| 2026 (en cours) | 152 |
Worst affected municipalities
Cumulative hotspots since 2012.
| Municipality | Hotspots | Recurrence |
|---|---|---|
| Villognon | 48 |
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| Angoulême | 35 |
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| Chassiecq | 29 |
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| Bors (Canton de Tude-et-Lavalette) | 25 |
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| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe | 23 |
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| Yviers | 22 |
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| Ruffec | 20 |
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| Cherves-Châtelars | 17 |
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| Souvigné | 17 |
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| Mainzac | 16 |
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Why they start
Out of 211 declared fires whose cause is recorded, that is 30 % 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
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FeuxFrance, independent observatory of vegetation fires in France. "Vegetation fires in Charente", data of September 9, 2026. https://feuxfrance.com/en/departments/16-charente
Free to reuse, provided you also cite the original source (NASA FIRMS, EFFIS or BDIFF) and do not present satellite hotspots as declared fires.