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Municipalities that have burned most often in Italy

Municipalities of Italy with at least one fire larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 1,159. With two or more: 579. Top of the list is Agrigento, which has burned 60 times in 11 years, with 7,720 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1AgrigentoAgrigento60×11 years · 7,720 ha
  2. 2MazzarinoCaltanissetta45×10 years · 6,746 ha
  3. 3Sant'Angelo MuxaroAgrigento44×10 years · 9,769 ha
  4. 4CastelterminiAgrigento41×11 years · 8,386 ha
  5. 5MonrealePalermo40×9 years · 9,878 ha
  6. 6ButeraCaltanissetta37×8 years · 10,745 ha
  7. 7LicataAgrigento37×11 years · 5,746 ha
  8. 8NaroAgrigento34×11 years · 3,653 ha
  9. 9Palma di MontechiaroAgrigento30×11 years · 2,996 ha
  10. 10Reggio di CalabriaReggio di Calabria27×8 years · 7,411 ha
  11. 11Cattolica EracleaAgrigento26×8 years · 3,509 ha
  12. 12EnnaEnna24×10 years · 8,475 ha
  13. 13BivonaAgrigento24×9 years · 5,741 ha
  14. 14CutroCrotone23×10 years · 5,354 ha
  15. 15SuteraCaltanissetta22×8 years · 4,540 ha
  16. 16Piazza ArmerinaEnna22×9 years · 4,372 ha
  17. 17CampofrancoCaltanissetta21×9 years · 2,878 ha
  18. 18CaltanissettaCaltanissetta21×10 years · 1,922 ha
  19. 19RavanusaAgrigento20×9 years · 4,325 ha
  20. 20Castellammare del GolfoTrapani20×9 years · 3,588 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1ButeraCaltanissetta10,745 ha37× · 36 %
  2. 2MonrealePalermo9,878 ha40× · 19 %
  3. 3San Vito Lo CapoTrapani9,853 ha12× · 1.6×
  4. 4Sant'Angelo MuxaroAgrigento9,769 ha44× · 1.5×
  5. 5EnnaEnna8,475 ha24× · 24 %
  6. 6CastelterminiAgrigento8,386 ha41× · 84 %
  7. 7AgrigentoAgrigento7,720 ha60× · 32 %
  8. 8Reggio di CalabriaReggio di Calabria7,411 ha27× · 31 %
  9. 9MazzarinoCaltanissetta6,746 ha45× · 23 %
  10. 10CustonaciTrapani6,589 ha16× · 94 %
  11. 11Gravina in PugliaBari6,091 ha9× · 16 %
  12. 12LicataAgrigento5,746 ha37× · 32 %
  13. 13BivonaAgrigento5,741 ha24× · 65 %
  14. 14CutroCrotone5,354 ha23× · 40 %
  15. 15MelilliSiracusa5,112 ha13× · 38 %
  16. 16Santo Stefano QuisquinaAgrigento4,972 ha4× · 58 %
  17. 17CuglieriAristanis/Oristano4,690 ha1× · 39 %
  18. 18GratteriPalermo4,564 ha3× · 1.2×
  19. 19SuteraCaltanissetta4,540 ha22× · 1.3×
  20. 20Motta San GiovanniReggio di Calabria4,455 ha18× · 97 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1San Vito Lo CapoTrapani1.6×9,853 ha · 60 km²
  2. 2Sant'Angelo MuxaroAgrigento1.5×9,769 ha · 64 km²
  3. 3SuteraCaltanissetta1.3×4,540 ha · 36 km²
  4. 4GratteriPalermo1.2×4,564 ha · 38 km²
  5. 5SennarioloAristanis/Oristano1.1×1,665 ha · 16 km²
  6. 6Motta San GiovanniReggio di Calabria97 %4,455 ha · 46 km²
  7. 7Santa Domenica TalaoCosenza97 %3,471 ha · 36 km²
  8. 8Santa ElisabettaAgrigento95 %1,544 ha · 16 km²
  9. 9DualchiNuoro94 %2,193 ha · 23 km²
  10. 10CustonaciTrapani94 %6,589 ha · 70 km²
  11. 11RavanusaAgrigento87 %4,325 ha · 50 km²
  12. 12Mongiuffi MeliaMessina85 %2,046 ha · 24 km²
  13. 13CastelterminiAgrigento84 %8,386 ha · 100 km²
  14. 14SagamaAristanis/Oristano82 %954 ha · 12 km²
  15. 15CampofrancoCaltanissetta80 %2,878 ha · 36 km²
  16. 16CamastraAgrigento69 %1,124 ha · 16 km²
  17. 17Santa Cristina GelaPalermo66 %2,576 ha · 39 km²
  18. 18Piana degli AlbanesiPalermo66 %4,255 ha · 65 km²
  19. 19Montebello JonicoReggio di Calabria65 %3,672 ha · 56 km²
  20. 20BivonaAgrigento65 %5,741 ha · 88 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.