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Forest fires. Affected area. Counties and Aran

Forest fires. Affected area. Counties and Aran 2023
Affected area (ha)
Fires With trees With scrub Total
Alt Camp 11 11.7 10.2 21.9
Alt Empordà 26 102.9 484.6 587.5
Alt Penedès 29 2.0 2.6 4.6
Alt Urgell 12 0.1 0.3 0.4
Alta Ribagorça 1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Anoia 23 3.3 0.5 3.8
Aran 1 44.0 276.6 320.6
Bages 29 1.2 1.2 2.4
Baix Camp 20 12.1 37.2 49.2
Baix Ebre 37 23.9 22.3 46.3
Baix Empordà 35 2.9 1.4 4.3
Baix Llobregat 35 3.9 8.1 12.0
Baix Penedès 9 31.3 24.1 55.4
Barcelonès 15 0.0 0.4 0.5
Berguedà 7 0.1 0.0 0.1
Cerdanya 8 0.4 1.1 1.5
Conca de Barberà 6 0.6 1.7 2.3
Garraf 5 1.5 1.1 2.6
Garrigues 10 1.1 4.7 5.8
Garrotxa 5 0.9 0.3 1.2
Gironès 22 2.0 3.1 5.1
Lluçanès 5 0.6 0.1 0.7
Maresme 12 0.4 0.1 0.4
Moianès 5 0.3 0.0 0.3
Montsià 10 0.6 1.2 1.7
Noguera 15 13.8 13.5 27.2
Osona 11 0.4 0.0 0.4
Pallars Jussà 8 0.3 0.8 1.2
Pallars Sobirà 7 0.0 0.1 0.1
Pla d'Urgell 1 0.2 0.0 0.2
Pla de l'Estany 3 0.6 0.7 1.3
Priorat 14 0.6 0.5 1.2
Ribera d'Ebre 16 3.5 10.3 13.8
Ripollès 6 1.8 0.0 1.9
Segarra 2 0.9 4.3 5.2
Segrià 12 38.4 89.4 127.7
Selva 30 6.4 2.3 8.7
Solsonès 6 0.4 0.0 0.5
Tarragonès 11 31.7 10.7 42.4
Terra Alta 9 3.4 0.7 4.1
Urgell 5 0.4 6.1 6.6
Vallès Occidental 51 1.2 2.6 3.7
Vallès Oriental 32 1.5 1.1 2.5
Catalonia 617 353.2 1,026.1 1,379.3
Source: Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda.
Note: As of May 2023, the data are presented according to the current territorial distribution (in accordance with Law 7/2023, on the creation of El Lluçanès county, which also territorially modifies El Bages and Osona).

Last update: April 24, 2024.

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.