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Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Nouvelle-Aquitaine · code 64 · 545 municipalities
These fires are lit
60 % of these detections fall in December, January or February, when vegetation does not burn on its own: this is prescribed burning, pastoral écobuage, lit deliberately to maintain summer pastures.
The figures below count them, because vegetation really is burning. They are not comparable to those of a Mediterranean department, where the peak is in July.
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 | 1,376 |
| 2013 | 231 |
| 2014 | 1,218 |
| 2015 | 579 |
| 2016 | 546 |
| 2017 | 1,478 |
| 2018 | 308 |
| 2019 | 4,555 |
| 2020 | 787 |
| 2021 | 1,450 |
| 2022 | 1,300 |
| 2023 | 2,102 |
| 2024 | 837 |
| 2025 | 1,321 |
| 2026 (en cours) | 4,008 |
Worst affected municipalities
Cumulative hotspots since 2012.
| Municipality | Hotspots | Recurrence |
|---|---|---|
| Larrau | 1,376 |
|
| Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry | 1,007 |
|
| Sainte-Engrâce | 885 |
|
| Lecumberry | 882 |
|
| Arette | 808 |
|
| Estérençuby | 797 |
|
| Mendive | 787 |
|
| Accous | 623 |
|
| Sarrance | 501 |
|
| Ossès | 460 |
|
Why they start
Out of 160 declared fires whose cause is recorded, that is 45 % 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 Pyrénées-Atlantiques", data of September 9, 2026. https://feuxfrance.com/en/departments/64-pyrenees-atlantiques
Free to reuse, provided you also cite the original source (NASA FIRMS, EFFIS or BDIFF) and do not present satellite hotspots as declared fires.