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Municipalities that have burned most often in Montenegro

Municipalities of Montenegro with at least one fire larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 23. With two or more: 22. Top of the list is Nikšić Municipality, which has burned 165 times in 9 years, with 80,397 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Nikšić Municipality165×9 years · 80,397 ha
  2. 2Podgorica Municipality121×11 years · 59,833 ha
  3. 3Cetinje Municipality57×9 years · 27,589 ha
  4. 4Danilovgrad Municipality47×9 years · 17,463 ha
  5. 5Plužine Municipality35×8 years · 11,332 ha
  6. 6Pljevlja Municipality25×6 years · 5,804 ha
  7. 7Šavnik Municipality22×6 years · 7,177 ha
  8. 8Bijelo Polje Municipality19×6 years · 2,827 ha
  9. 9Bar Municipality17×6 years · 10,275 ha
  10. 10Kotor Municipality15×6 years · 2,818 ha
  11. 11Kolašin Municipality12×6 years · 2,761 ha
  12. 12Andrijevica Municipality11×4 years · 1,284 ha
  13. 13Berane Municipality11×4 years · 966 ha
  14. 14Budva Municipality9×7 years · 4,023 ha
  15. 15Herceg Novi Municipality8×4 years · 2,435 ha
  16. 16Mojkovac Municipality8×4 years · 1,643 ha
  17. 17Žabljak Municipality5×3 years · 1,014 ha
  18. 18Tivat Municipality5×2 years · 598 ha
  19. 19Ulcinj Municipality4×3 years · 1,759 ha
  20. 20Plav Municipality3×2 years · 693 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Nikšić Municipality80,397 ha165× · 40 %
  2. 2Podgorica Municipality59,833 ha121× · 41 %
  3. 3Cetinje Municipality27,589 ha57× · 30 %
  4. 4Danilovgrad Municipality17,463 ha47× · 33 %
  5. 5Plužine Municipality11,332 ha35× · 13 %
  6. 6Bar Municipality10,275 ha17× · 16 %
  7. 7Šavnik Municipality7,177 ha22× · 14 %
  8. 8Pljevlja Municipality5,804 ha25× · 4.2 %
  9. 9Budva Municipality4,023 ha9× · 36 %
  10. 10Bijelo Polje Municipality2,827 ha19× · 3.0 %
  11. 11Kotor Municipality2,818 ha15× · 9.5 %
  12. 12Kolašin Municipality2,761 ha12× · 3.1 %
  13. 13Herceg Novi Municipality2,435 ha8× · 10 %
  14. 14Ulcinj Municipality1,759 ha4× · 7.4 %
  15. 15Mojkovac Municipality1,643 ha8× · 4.6 %
  16. 16Andrijevica Municipality1,284 ha11× · 3.7 %
  17. 17Žabljak Municipality1,014 ha5× · 2.3 %
  18. 18Berane Municipality966 ha11× · 1.7 %
  19. 19Plav Municipality693 ha3× · 2.1 %
  20. 20Tivat Municipality598 ha5× · 14 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Podgorica Municipality41 %59,833 ha · 1,466 km²
  2. 2Nikšić Municipality40 %80,397 ha · 2,023 km²
  3. 3Budva Municipality36 %4,023 ha · 113 km²
  4. 4Danilovgrad Municipality33 %17,463 ha · 528 km²
  5. 5Cetinje Municipality30 %27,589 ha · 916 km²
  6. 6Bar Municipality16 %10,275 ha · 628 km²
  7. 7Tivat Municipality14 %598 ha · 42 km²
  8. 8Šavnik Municipality14 %7,177 ha · 530 km²
  9. 9Plužine Municipality13 %11,332 ha · 879 km²
  10. 10Herceg Novi Municipality10 %2,435 ha · 234 km²
  11. 11Kotor Municipality9.5 %2,818 ha · 295 km²
  12. 12Ulcinj Municipality7.4 %1,759 ha · 238 km²
  13. 13Mojkovac Municipality4.6 %1,643 ha · 355 km²
  14. 14Pljevlja Municipality4.2 %5,804 ha · 1,370 km²
  15. 15Andrijevica Municipality3.7 %1,284 ha · 344 km²
  16. 16Kolašin Municipality3.1 %2,761 ha · 886 km²
  17. 17Bijelo Polje Municipality3.0 %2,827 ha · 956 km²
  18. 18Žabljak Municipality2.3 %1,014 ha · 441 km²
  19. 19Plav Municipality2.1 %693 ha · 328 km²
  20. 20Petnjica Municipality2.0 %288 ha · 147 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.