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Municipalities that have burned most often in Belgium

Municipalities of Belgium with at least one fire larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 9. With two or more: 1. Top of the list is Bütgenbach, which has burned 3 times in 3 years, with 549 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1BütgenbachWallonne Gewest3×3 years · 549 ha
  2. 2WaimesWallonne Gewest1×1 year · 1,303 ha
  3. 3BaelenWallonne Gewest1×1 year · 1,122 ha
  4. 4BrechtVlaams Gewest1×1 year · 571 ha
  5. 5Hechtel-EkselVlaams Gewest1×1 year · 287 ha
  6. 6JalhayWallonne Gewest1×1 year · 219 ha
  7. 7BüllingenWallonne Gewest1×1 year · 154 ha
  8. 8EupenWallonne Gewest1×1 year · 150 ha
  9. 9WuustwezelVlaams Gewest1×1 year · 17 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1WaimesWallonne Gewest1,303 ha1× · 13 %
  2. 2BaelenWallonne Gewest1,122 ha1× · 13 %
  3. 3BrechtVlaams Gewest571 ha1× · 6.2 %
  4. 4BütgenbachWallonne Gewest549 ha3× · 5.7 %
  5. 5Hechtel-EkselVlaams Gewest287 ha1× · 3.7 %
  6. 6JalhayWallonne Gewest219 ha1× · 2.0 %
  7. 7BüllingenWallonne Gewest154 ha1× · 1.0 %
  8. 8EupenWallonne Gewest150 ha1× · 1.6 %
  9. 9WuustwezelVlaams Gewest17 ha1× · 0.2 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1WaimesWallonne Gewest13 %1,303 ha · 97 km²
  2. 2BaelenWallonne Gewest13 %1,122 ha · 86 km²
  3. 3BrechtVlaams Gewest6.2 %571 ha · 92 km²
  4. 4BütgenbachWallonne Gewest5.7 %549 ha · 97 km²
  5. 5Hechtel-EkselVlaams Gewest3.7 %287 ha · 77 km²
  6. 6JalhayWallonne Gewest2.0 %219 ha · 107 km²
  7. 7EupenWallonne Gewest1.6 %150 ha · 95 km²
  8. 8BüllingenWallonne Gewest1.0 %154 ha · 151 km²
  9. 9WuustwezelVlaams Gewest0.2 %17 ha · 89 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.