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Tautavel
Pyrénées-Orientales (66) · INSEE code 66205 · 5,342 ha · 945 inhabitants
Between 2012 and 2025, satellites saw fire in 4 years out of 14, for 31 hotspots.
Most of it comes down to a single season: 2021 accounts for 16, or 52 % of the total. The other years are nowhere near.
The busiest month is August, which carries 52 % of the detections.
In its department, out of the 169 municipalities that saw at least one hotspot, this one ranks 37th.
This year, 2 hotspots have already been detected here, the last one on September 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 4 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 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16 |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2026 (en cours) | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/23/2025 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Unintentional (works) |
| 06/13/2024 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Unintentional (works) |
| 11/14/2022 | 1 ha | — | Not recorded |
| 10/21/2022 | 0 ha | — | Arson |
| 08/02/2022 | 0 ha | — | Arson |
| 08/02/2022 | 0 ha | — | Arson |
| 08/02/2022 | 0 ha | — | Arson |
| 08/02/2022 | 0 ha | — | Arson |
| 08/02/2022 | 0 ha | — | Arson |
| 05/26/2022 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Arson |
| 05/24/2022 | 0 ha | — | Arson |
| 05/15/2022 | 0 ha | — | Accidental |
| 11/07/2021 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Arson |
| 08/26/2021 | 90 ha | 35 ha | Unintentional (private individual) |
| 03/27/2021 | 1 ha | — | Not recorded |
| 08/18/2020 | 2 ha | 2 ha | Accidental |
| 02/11/2020 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Arson |
| 12/26/2019 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 09/01/2019 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 07/05/2019 | 8 ha | — | Arson |
| 05/31/2019 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Arson |
| 03/23/2019 | 1 ha | 1 ha | Arson |
| 03/15/2019 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 01/22/2019 | 0 ha | — | Not recorded |
| 07/13/2018 | 0 ha | — | Arson |
| 11/18/2017 | 3 ha | 2 ha | Not recorded |
| 08/14/2017 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Accidental |
| 08/11/2017 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Arson |
| 07/03/2017 | 2 ha | 1 ha | Arson |
| 08/16/2016 | 0 ha | — | Unintentional (private individual) |
| 08/01/2016 | 33 ha | 20 ha | Arson |
| 04/26/2016 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Arson |
| 08/13/2015 | 0 ha | — | Arson |
| 07/29/2015 | 6 ha | 4 ha | Arson |
| 07/14/2015 | 8 ha | 6 ha | Arson |
| 08/24/2013 | 19 ha | 19 ha | Arson |
| 09/15/2012 | 1 ha | 1 ha | Arson |
| 10/16/2009 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 06/29/2009 | 1 ha | 0 ha | Natural |
| 08/20/2008 | 0 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 07/28/2008 | 2 ha | 2 ha | Not recorded |
| 09/02/2007 | 20 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 08/14/2007 | 1 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 08/03/2007 | 2 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |
| 04/21/2007 | 1 ha | 0 ha | Not recorded |