FeuxFrance
Hautes-Pyrénées
Occitanie · code 65 · 469 municipalities
These fires are lit
51 % 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.
2026 stops on October 26.
| Year | Points chauds |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 192 |
| 2013 | 41 |
| 2014 | 168 |
| 2015 | 119 |
| 2016 | 137 |
| 2017 | 235 |
| 2018 | 49 |
| 2019 | 456 |
| 2020 | 153 |
| 2021 | 167 |
| 2022 | 155 |
| 2023 | 236 |
| 2024 | 133 |
| 2025 | 70 |
| 2026 (en cours) | 589 |
Worst affected municipalities
Cumulative hotspots since 2012.
| Municipality | Hotspots | Recurrence |
|---|---|---|
| Gazost | 265 |
|
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre | 153 |
|
| Omex | 116 |
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| Lourdes | 112 |
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| Barèges | 91 |
|
| Ferrières | 85 |
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| Ossen | 81 |
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| Esparros | 79 |
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| Arras-en-Lavedan | 71 |
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| Germs-sur-l'Oussouet | 66 |
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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 Hautes-Pyrénées", data of October 26, 2026. https://feuxfrance.com/en/departments/65-hautes-pyrenees
Free to reuse, provided you also cite the original source (NASA FIRMS, EFFIS or BDIFF) and do not present satellite hotspots as declared fires.