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Montalba-le-Château
Pyrénées-Orientales (66) · INSEE code 66111 · 1,597 ha · 163 inhabitants
Only one year burned between 2012 and 2025: 2016, with 129 hotspots.
In its department, out of the 169 municipalities that saw at least one hotspot, this one ranks 5th.
This year, 115 hotspots have already been detected here, the last one on July 7, 2026.
High danger for tomorrow
Météo des forêts · September 10, 2026The weather conditions significantly worsen the risk of fires starting and spreading.
Bulletin published for the whole of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, not for this municipality in particular.
Local recurrence
This area burned in 1 of the 14 complete years from 2012 to 2025.
2026 is not counted: the year is not over.
Full constellation. 2026 stops on September 10, so its bar is not comparable to the others.
| Year | Points chauds |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 |
| 2016 | 12 |
| 2017 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 |
| 2026 (en cours) | 115 |
Declared fires
BDIFF · year 2025, latest publishedThis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/02/2023 | 1 ha | 1 ha | Arson |
| 08/15/2021 | 4 ha | — | Arson |
| 07/22/2019 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Arson |
| 09/26/2018 | 0 ha | — | Accidental |
| 06/21/2017 | 2 ha | 1 ha | Arson |
| 08/11/2016 | 1,308 ha | 80 ha | Arson |
| 06/29/2007 | 3 ha | 0 ha | Arson |
| 02/04/2007 | 1 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 12/05/2006 | 3 ha | 3 ha | Unintentional (works) |