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Charente
Nouvelle-Aquitaine · code 16 · 359 municipalities
2026 stops on October 26.
| 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) | 177 |
Worst affected municipalities
Cumulative hotspots since 2012.
| Municipality | Hotspots | Recurrence |
|---|---|---|
| Villognon | 48 |
|
| Angoulême | 35 |
|
| Bors (Canton de Tude-et-Lavalette) | 34 |
|
| Chassiecq | 29 |
|
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe | 23 |
|
| Yviers | 22 |
|
| Ruffec | 20 |
|
| Cherves-Châtelars | 17 |
|
| Souvigné | 17 |
|
| Mouton | 16 |
|
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
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 Charente", data of October 26, 2026. https://feuxfrance.com/en/departments/16-charente
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