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Finistère

Bretagne · code 29 · 277 municipalities

116
hotspots in 2026
VIIRS · 1 Jan to October 26 2026
181
declared fires
BDIFF · year 2025, latest published
82
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 21 336 22 23 24 25 116 ↗ 26

Worst affected municipalities

Cumulative hotspots since 2012.

Municipality Hotspots Recurrence
Brasparts 63
1/14
Saint-Rivoal 60
1/14
Commana 46
3/14
Plougastel-Daoulas 39
9/14
Guipavas 37
8/14
Botmeur 29
1/14
Berrien 27
1/14
Landunvez 27
5/14
Sizun 26
1/14
Plomelin 18
3/14

Why they start

Out of 59 declared fires whose cause is recorded, that is 17 % of those in the department.

Accidental 30 51 %
Unintentional (private individual) 11 19 %
Arson 9 15 %
Unintentional (works) 8 14 %
Natural 1 2 %

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 Finistère", data of October 26, 2026. https://feuxfrance.com/en/departments/29-finistere

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