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Municipalities that have burned most often in Spain

Municipalities of Spain with at least one fire larger than 100 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 1,417. With two or more: 481. Top of the list is Cangas del Narcea, which has burned 44 times in 10 years, with 8,861 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Cangas del NarceaAsturias44×10 years · 8,861 ha
  2. 2Vega de PasCantabria34×9 years · 7,930 ha
  3. 3CabuérnigaCantabria28×7 years · 3,783 ha
  4. 4TineoAsturias25×7 years · 6,226 ha
  5. 5San Roque de RiomieraCantabria25×9 years · 2,020 ha
  6. 6AllandeAsturias23×8 years · 9,015 ha
  7. 7SobaCantabria23×9 years · 7,873 ha
  8. 8PiloñaAsturias22×5 years · 2,723 ha
  9. 9RionansaCantabria21×7 years · 2,916 ha
  10. 10SelayaCantabria17×9 years · 4,584 ha
  11. 11PongaAsturias16×6 years · 2,621 ha
  12. 12Belmonte de MirandaAsturias15×5 years · 3,004 ha
  13. 13LlanesAsturias14×6 years · 2,429 ha
  14. 14Los TojosCantabria14×6 years · 2,002 ha
  15. 15MieraCantabria14×7 years · 1,893 ha
  16. 16LenaAsturias14×5 years · 1,865 ha
  17. 17Chandrexa de QueixaOurense12×6 years · 14,197 ha
  18. 18EncinedoLeón12×7 years · 14,057 ha
  19. 19MonterreiOurense12×6 years · 13,739 ha
  20. 20OímbraOurense12×6 years · 6,790 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Boca de HuérganoLeón15,810 ha3× · 54 %
  2. 2QuirogaLugo14,724 ha10× · 46 %
  3. 3Chandrexa de QueixaOurense14,197 ha12× · 83 %
  4. 4EncinedoLeón14,057 ha12× · 72 %
  5. 5MonterreiOurense13,739 ha12× · 1.2×
  6. 6Vilariño de ConsoOurense13,668 ha8× · 68 %
  7. 7LucilloLeón12,112 ha4× · 73 %
  8. 8Almonaster la RealHuelva11,221 ha2× · 35 %
  9. 9Carballeda de ValdeorrasOurense11,133 ha8× · 50 %
  10. 10PortoZamora10,177 ha10× · 51 %
  11. 11CualedroOurense10,062 ha8× · 86 %
  12. 12BerrocalHuelva10,025 ha2× · 79 %
  13. 13Riofrío de AlisteZamora9,404 ha4× · 84 %
  14. 14ValdésAsturias9,120 ha7× · 26 %
  15. 15AllandeAsturias9,015 ha23× · 26 %
  16. 16CáceresCáceres8,958 ha9× · 5.1 %
  17. 17NieblaHuelva8,925 ha2× · 40 %
  18. 18Cangas del NarceaAsturias8,861 ha44× · 11 %
  19. 19CastrocalbónLeón8,851 ha1× · 100 %
  20. 20CebrerosÁvila8,711 ha3× · 63 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1SelayaCantabria1.2×4,584 ha · 39 km²
  2. 2MonterreiOurense1.2×13,739 ha · 119 km²
  3. 3ArtanaCastelló / Castellón1.0×3,649 ha · 36 km²
  4. 4TorásCastelló / Castellón1.0×1,678 ha · 17 km²
  5. 5BejísCastelló / Castellón100 %4,248 ha · 42 km²
  6. 6CastrocalbónLeón100 %8,851 ha · 89 km²
  7. 7Ayoó de VidrialesZamora99 %5,957 ha · 60 km²
  8. 8Zarzuela de JadraqueGuadalajara98 %3,121 ha · 32 km²
  9. 9OímbraOurense95 %6,790 ha · 71 km²
  10. 10SemillasGuadalajara95 %4,744 ha · 50 km²
  11. 11O Barco de ValdeorrasOurense94 %8,004 ha · 85 km²
  12. 12la Vall d'AlcalàAlacant / Alicante93 %2,107 ha · 23 km²
  13. 13San Esteban de NogalesLeón92 %2,978 ha · 32 km²
  14. 14la Vall d'EboAlacant / Alicante92 %2,987 ha · 33 km²
  15. 15Vega de PasCantabria91 %7,930 ha · 87 km²
  16. 16Villares de JadraqueGuadalajara91 %1,563 ha · 17 km²
  17. 17AsínZaragoza90 %1,678 ha · 19 km²
  18. 18Navas del ReyMadrid90 %4,536 ha · 51 km²
  19. 19Alcalá de MoncayoZaragoza89 %1,226 ha · 14 km²
  20. 20Villanueva de las PerasZamora89 %1,540 ha · 17 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.