Hérault
Occitanie · code 34 · 341 municipalities
High danger for tomorrow
Météo des forêts · September 10, 2026The weather conditions significantly worsen the risk of fires starting and spreading.
The day after: High 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 | 198 |
| 2013 | 108 |
| 2014 | 162 |
| 2015 | 133 |
| 2016 | 162 |
| 2017 | 201 |
| 2018 | 130 |
| 2019 | 355 |
| 2020 | 142 |
| 2021 | 306 |
| 2022 | 290 |
| 2023 | 266 |
| 2024 | 213 |
| 2025 | 196 |
| 2026 (en cours) | 463 |
Worst affected municipalities
Cumulative hotspots since 2012.
| Municipality | Hotspots | Recurrence |
|---|---|---|
| Aumelas | 187 |
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| Béziers | 151 |
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| Carlencas-et-Levas | 95 |
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| Bessan | 81 |
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| Saint-Pargoire | 81 |
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| Capestang | 71 |
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| Agde | 67 |
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| Villeveyrac | 63 |
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| Marsillargues | 59 |
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| Fraisse-sur-Agout | 58 |
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Why they start
Out of 4,233 declared fires whose cause is recorded, that is 94 % 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 Hérault", data of September 9, 2026. https://feuxfrance.com/en/departments/34-herault
Free to reuse, provided you also cite the original source (NASA FIRMS, EFFIS or BDIFF) and do not present satellite hotspots as declared fires.