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Forest fires. Affected area. Counties and Aran

Forest fires. Affected area. Counties and Aran 2015
Affected area (ha)
Fires With trees With scrub Total
Alt Camp 9 9.1 5.6 14.6
Alt Empordà 28 0.8 23.4 24.1
Alt Penedès 18 2.2 0.9 3.1
Alt Urgell 4 0.0 0.1 0.1
Alta Ribagorça 2 0.6 0.3 0.9
Anoia 33 516.1 102.7 618.8
Aran 4 0.1 98.2 98.3
Bages 38 400.2 59.5 459.7
Baix Camp 15 2.4 3.3 5.7
Baix Ebre 21 2.9 46.8 49.8
Baix Empordà 12 0.1 0.2 0.3
Baix Llobregat 27 2.5 5.1 7.7
Baix Penedès 4 0.0 0.7 0.7
Barcelonès 9 0.1 21.1 22.1
Berguedà 11 0.0 0.8 0.8
Cerdanya 4 4.7 2.0 6.7
Conca de Barberà 19 6.9 8.1 15.0
Garraf 8 0.1 0.3 0.4
Garrigues 12 17.5 9.4 26.9
Garrotxa 6 0.0 0.2 0.2
Gironès 14 19.4 24.2 43.6
Lluçanès .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Maresme 14 0.6 2.0 2.6
Moianès 2 0.0 0.1 0.1
Montsià 3 0.0 3.9 3.9
Noguera 9 6.5 4.6 11.2
Osona 8 0.6 0.2 0.8
Pallars Jussà 9 0.2 5.1 5.3
Pallars Sobirà 8 0.0 28.3 28.3
Pla d'Urgell 1 0.0 0.2 0.2
Pla de l'Estany 2 0.1 0.0 0.1
Priorat 15 15.9 39.4 55.2
Ribera d'Ebre 17 2.8 0.7 3.6
Ripollès 1 0.0 0.2 0.2
Segarra 2 2.6 0.9 3.5
Segrià 21 19.8 14.1 34.0
Selva 12 11.2 0.1 11.3
Solsonès 5 0.5 0.6 1.2
Tarragonès 7 2.5 3.5 6.0
Terra Alta 10 9.8 4.6 14.3
Urgell 6 5.5 1.7 7.3
Vallès Occidental 29 2.0 7.5 9.4
Vallès Oriental 30 2.1 2.5 4.5
Catalonia 509 1,069.3 533.0 1,602.3
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food.
Note: The new county of El Moianès was created on 1 May 2015 (Law 4/2015, of 23 April, on the creation of the county of El Moianès) from the aggregation of five municipalities of the county of El Bages, one from the county of Osona and four from the county of El Vallès Oriental.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: March 29, 2016.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Fire
Violent fire, uncontrolled and of destructive effects, which spreads in houses, forests, etc.

Methodological aspects

Forests and forest land covering over half the area of Catalonia are a national wealth of extraordinary importance in terms of flora and fauna, the production of raw materials, the production of ecosystem and the contribution to leisure. The incidence of wooded masses on climate, hydrology, soil protection, air pollution and landscape makes their conservation be fundamental.

The fire is a phenomenon that occurs in several contexts and stages, has diverse origins and often has some devastating effects.