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Mérens-les-Vals

Ariège (09) · INSEE code 09189 · 8,013 ha · 166 inhabitants

Between 2012 and 2025, satellites saw fire in 8 years out of 14, for 121 hotspots.

The worst season is 2019, with 27 hotspots.

The busiest month is January, which carries 33 % of the detections.

In its department, out of the 183 municipalities that saw at least one hotspot, this one ranks 3rd.

The last detection goes back to August 26, 2024.

Low danger for tomorrow

Météo des forêts · September 10, 2026

The expected weather conditions and recent rainfall reduce the risk of fires starting and spreading.

Bulletin published for the whole of the Ariège department, not for this municipality in particular.

Hotspots
VIIRS detection
industrial source
121
hotspots since 2012
VIIRS · 2012 to today

Local recurrence

20122025

This area burned in 8 of the 14 complete years from 2012 to 2025.

2026 is not counted: the year is not over.

Hotspots by year

Full constellation. 2026 stops on September 10, so its bar is not comparable to the others.

0 20 40 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Declared fires

BDIFF · year 2025, latest published

This table cannot be compared with the hotspots above. BDIFF records fires confirmed on the ground, including very small ones, but it is located to the municipality and published a year behind. Both sources in detail

Alert date Area burned of which forest Suspected cause
12/14/2025 2 ha 0 ha Arson
09/28/2025 13 ha 13 ha Not recorded
02/07/2025 30 ha 0 ha Not recorded
03/01/2022 15 ha 1 ha Not recorded
03/26/2006 6 ha 0 ha Not recorded
03/26/2006 3 ha 0 ha Not recorded

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