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Vendée
Pays de la Loire · code 85 · 253 municipalities
2026 stops on October 26.
| Year | Points chauds |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 24 |
| 2013 | 7 |
| 2014 | 20 |
| 2015 | 20 |
| 2016 | 37 |
| 2017 | 9 |
| 2018 | 46 |
| 2019 | 38 |
| 2020 | 68 |
| 2021 | 45 |
| 2022 | 69 |
| 2023 | 32 |
| 2024 | 26 |
| 2025 | 39 |
| 2026 (en cours) | 81 |
Worst affected municipalities
Cumulative hotspots since 2012.
| Municipality | Hotspots | Recurrence |
|---|---|---|
| Les Sables-d'Olonne | 23 |
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| Grand'Landes | 20 |
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| Beaurepaire | 15 |
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| Fontenay-le-Comte | 14 |
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| La Roche-sur-Yon | 14 |
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| L'Île-d'Olonne | 13 |
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| Montaigu-Vendée | 13 |
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| Saint-Étienne-de-Brillouet | 13 |
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| Challans | 13 |
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| Sainte-Gemme-la-Plaine | 12 |
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Why they start
Out of 224 declared fires whose cause is recorded, that is 60 % 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 Vendée", data of October 26, 2026. https://feuxfrance.com/en/departments/85-vendee
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