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Municipalities that have burned most often in Norway

Municipalities of Norway with at least one fire larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 15. With two or more: 7. Top of the list is Sokndal nor, which has burned 14 times in 5 years, with 3,637 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Sokndal norRogaland14×5 years · 3,637 ha
  2. 2Lund norRogaland6×4 years · 794 ha
  3. 3Bjerkreim norRogaland3×2 years · 641 ha
  4. 4Gjesdal norRogaland3×3 years · 226 ha
  5. 5Lyngdal norAgder2×1 year · 606 ha
  6. 6Vågsøy norVestland2×2 years · 273 ha
  7. 7Farsund norAgder2×2 years · 161 ha
  8. 8Fjell norVestland1×1 year · 448 ha
  9. 9Lindesnes norAgder1×1 year · 172 ha
  10. 10Bjugn norTrøndelag1×1 year · 169 ha
  11. 11Nærøy norTrøndelag1×1 year · 168 ha
  12. 12Strand norRogaland1×1 year · 145 ha
  13. 13Sveio norVestland1×1 year · 117 ha
  14. 14Hjelmeland norRogaland1×1 year · 109 ha
  15. 15Sandnes norRogaland1×1 year · 56 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Sokndal norRogaland3,637 ha14× · 12 %
  2. 2Lund norRogaland794 ha6× · 1.9 %
  3. 3Bjerkreim norRogaland641 ha3× · 1.0 %
  4. 4Lyngdal norAgder606 ha2× · 1.5 %
  5. 5Fjell norVestland448 ha1× · 3.4 %
  6. 6Vågsøy norVestland273 ha2× · 1.5 %
  7. 7Gjesdal norRogaland226 ha3× · 0.4 %
  8. 8Lindesnes norAgder172 ha1× · 0.5 %
  9. 9Bjugn norTrøndelag169 ha1× · 0.4 %
  10. 10Nærøy norTrøndelag168 ha1× · 0.2 %
  11. 11Farsund norAgder161 ha2× · 0.6 %
  12. 12Strand norRogaland145 ha1× · 0.7 %
  13. 13Sveio norVestland117 ha1× · 0.5 %
  14. 14Hjelmeland norRogaland109 ha1× · 0.1 %
  15. 15Sandnes norRogaland56 ha1× · 0.2 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Sokndal norRogaland12 %3,637 ha · 295 km²
  2. 2Fjell norVestland3.4 %448 ha · 132 km²
  3. 3Lund norRogaland1.9 %794 ha · 407 km²
  4. 4Lyngdal norAgder1.5 %606 ha · 392 km²
  5. 5Vågsøy norVestland1.5 %273 ha · 178 km²
  6. 6Bjerkreim norRogaland1.0 %641 ha · 649 km²
  7. 7Strand norRogaland0.7 %145 ha · 216 km²
  8. 8Farsund norAgder0.6 %161 ha · 264 km²
  9. 9Lindesnes norAgder0.5 %172 ha · 317 km²
  10. 10Sveio norVestland0.5 %117 ha · 242 km²
  11. 11Bjugn norTrøndelag0.4 %169 ha · 384 km²
  12. 12Gjesdal norRogaland0.4 %226 ha · 616 km²
  13. 13Sandnes norRogaland0.2 %56 ha · 303 km²
  14. 14Nærøy norTrøndelag0.2 %168 ha · 1,053 km²
  15. 15Hjelmeland norRogaland0.1 %109 ha · 1,085 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.