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Municipalities that have burned most often in Albania

Municipalities of Albania with at least one fire larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 35. With two or more: 32. Top of the list is Vlorë, which has burned 84 times in 10 years, with 27,229 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1VlorëVlorë84×10 years · 27,229 ha
  2. 2SarandëVlorë60×11 years · 30,036 ha
  3. 3DelvinëVlorë41×10 years · 25,941 ha
  4. 4ShkodërShkodër39×9 years · 16,686 ha
  5. 5Malësi e MadheShkodër36×8 years · 9,881 ha
  6. 6BulqizëDibër32×6 years · 8,248 ha
  7. 7MirditëLezhë30×9 years · 12,914 ha
  8. 8GjirokastërGjirokastër26×8 years · 15,844 ha
  9. 9DibërDibër22×7 years · 6,972 ha
  10. 10TepelenëGjirokastër19×7 years · 6,207 ha
  11. 11PukëShkodër18×10 years · 14,178 ha
  12. 12MatDibër18×6 years · 6,591 ha
  13. 13TiranëTiranë16×6 years · 3,623 ha
  14. 14KavajëTiranë15×9 years · 6,082 ha
  15. 15TropojëKukës14×8 years · 3,913 ha
  16. 16BeratBerat12×6 years · 3,926 ha
  17. 17FierFier11×6 years · 3,907 ha
  18. 18KukësKukës10×4 years · 6,506 ha
  19. 19LezhëLezhë10×7 years · 4,149 ha
  20. 20KuçovëKorçë10×7 years · 1,887 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1SarandëVlorë30,036 ha60× · 36 %
  2. 2VlorëVlorë27,229 ha84× · 17 %
  3. 3DelvinëVlorë25,941 ha41× · 73 %
  4. 4ShkodërShkodër16,686 ha39× · 11 %
  5. 5GjirokastërGjirokastër15,844 ha26× · 14 %
  6. 6PukëShkodër14,178 ha18× · 14 %
  7. 7MirditëLezhë12,914 ha30× · 15 %
  8. 8Malësi e MadheShkodër9,881 ha36× · 10 %
  9. 9BulqizëDibër8,248 ha32× · 11 %
  10. 10DibërDibër6,972 ha22× · 7.5 %
  11. 11MatDibër6,591 ha18× · 7.3 %
  12. 12KukësKukës6,506 ha10× · 6.9 %
  13. 13TepelenëGjirokastër6,207 ha19× · 7.5 %
  14. 14KavajëTiranë6,082 ha15× · 14 %
  15. 15GramshElbasan4,574 ha5× · 6.2 %
  16. 16LezhëLezhë4,149 ha10× · 8.2 %
  17. 17BeratBerat3,926 ha12× · 4.1 %
  18. 18TropojëKukës3,913 ha14× · 3.6 %
  19. 19FierFier3,907 ha11× · 4.4 %
  20. 20TiranëTiranë3,623 ha16× · 2.9 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1DelvinëVlorë73 %25,941 ha · 358 km²
  2. 2SarandëVlorë36 %30,036 ha · 840 km²
  3. 3VlorëVlorë17 %27,229 ha · 1,646 km²
  4. 4MirditëLezhë15 %12,914 ha · 860 km²
  5. 5KavajëTiranë14 %6,082 ha · 422 km²
  6. 6PukëShkodër14 %14,178 ha · 1,001 km²
  7. 7GjirokastërGjirokastër14 %15,844 ha · 1,163 km²
  8. 8BulqizëDibër11 %8,248 ha · 724 km²
  9. 9ShkodërShkodër11 %16,686 ha · 1,466 km²
  10. 10Malësi e MadheShkodër10 %9,881 ha · 986 km²
  11. 11LezhëLezhë8.2 %4,149 ha · 505 km²
  12. 12DibërDibër7.5 %6,972 ha · 927 km²
  13. 13TepelenëGjirokastër7.5 %6,207 ha · 831 km²
  14. 14MatDibër7.3 %6,591 ha · 907 km²
  15. 15KukësKukës6.9 %6,506 ha · 946 km²
  16. 16GramshElbasan6.2 %4,574 ha · 740 km²
  17. 17PeqinElbasan5.4 %1,015 ha · 190 km²
  18. 18FierFier4.4 %3,907 ha · 896 km²
  19. 19BeratBerat4.1 %3,926 ha · 964 km²
  20. 20MallakastërFier4.0 %1,286 ha · 319 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached each municipality, even partly. Hectares are those burned inside the municipality and are added fire by fire, so land that burned twice counts twice; that is why the share, given only for municipalities of 10 km² or more, can exceed 100 % (it is then shown as a multiple). It describes what happened: it does not measure risk or say anything about causes.