Floods, Dordogne and Corrèze, April 2025

In blue, the communes declared for this flood: this blue is not the water. In white, the water detected by radar (Copernicus GFM, Sentinel-1). In coral, the Natura 2000 sites and those under regulatory protection, in bright coral their part within that area. Hover over a département to read its name. Map: Animalert, from GASPAR (Géorisques), Copernicus EMS, Global Flood Monitoring (© European Union) and IGN ADMIN EXPRESS. Contains modified Copernicus Emergency Management Service information (2026)

467 hectares of water detected by radar (Copernicus GFM, Sentinel-1)
220 hectares in Natura 2000 or under regulatory protection
47% of the observed flooded area
14 protected animal species recorded within reach in the ten years before the flood

Communes declared

Dates per the orders

17 to 23 April 2025

Départements

Dordogne and Corrèze

Flood type

river flooding, runoff or mudflow, rising groundwater

Heaviest rainfall

77.6 mm

in one day (Corrèze, 19 April 2025), LUBERSAC station · per Météo-France

14 April 2025: 39.2 mm
15 April 2025: 19.4 mm
16 April 2025: 2.2 mm
17 April 2025: 0.8 mm
18 April 2025: 0.2 mm
19 April 2025: 77.6 mm
20 April 2025: 55.5 mm
21 April 2025: 1.2 mm
22 April 2025: 0.2 mm

78.6 mm from 17 to 19 Apr, up to the wettest day

The flood's dates

Peak discharge

586 m³/s

La Vézère à Montignac, on 21 April 2025 · provisional Hub'Eau value, it can be revised

Extent

water detected by radar (Copernicus GFM, Sentinel-1)

467 ha

Protected species recorded within reach

Observations recorded in the ten years before the flood, some known only to within a few kilometres, up to 10 km, when their published position is blurred or given by grid square. They tell which species were reported there, not what became of each animal.

144 species recorded within reach
14 protected animal species among them

12 Birds
2 Insects

In the water's path

Establishments registered today within reach of the flood, at their declared address or at the point Géorisques gives. They were not necessarily there on the day of the flood, and the dataset does not say whether they were flooded. An ICPE-classified farm can also be in the SIRENE register: these counts do not add up.

No ICPE-classified livestock farm located within the flood's reach
Géorisques · ICPE
No livestock business in the SIRENE register based within the flood's reach
SIRENE register · Insee
No veterinary practice based within the flood's reach
SIRENE register · Insee
No animal protection association based within the flood's reach
National register of associations
No wildlife association based within the flood's reach
National register of associations

A wildlife association is an association whose declared purpose in the national register of associations is the preservation of wildlife: the register does not say whether it runs an authorised care centre. Associations are counted at their declared address: an association or a care centre based outside the area can work across all of it.

Protected areas within reach

Area of each site within reach of the flood, and the share of the site it represents. Natura 2000 and regulatory protection first, then the ZNIEFF.

Natura 2000 and regulatory protectionZNIEFFPart within reachThe flood's areaHover over a site, on the map or in the list, to find it.

Vallée de l'Isle de Périgueux à sa confluence avec la DordogneNatura 2000, Habitats Directive198 ha within reach2.5% of the site
Vallée de la Dronne de Brantôme à sa confluence avec l'IsleNatura 2000, Habitats Directive22 ha within reach0.4% of the site
Vallée de l'Isle de Périgueux à St-Antoine sur l'Isle, le Salembre, le Jouis et le VernZNIEFF type II (inventoried natural area)64 ha within reach2.3% of the site
Vallée de la Dronne de Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière à sa confluence avec l'IsleZNIEFF type II (inventoried natural area)15 ha within reach0.4% of the site
Vallée de la NizonneZNIEFF type II (inventoried natural area)6 ha within reach0.2% of the site
Causse de CubjacZNIEFF type II (inventoried natural area)4 ha within reachunder 0.1% of the site

A ZNIEFF is a wildlife inventory, with no regulatory protection.

The declared communes

58 communes declared a natural disaster (flood) for this flood, département by département.

DordogneSee the 48 communes

Agonac, Annesse-et-Beaulieu, Antonne-et-Trigonant, Aubas, Badefols-d'Ans, Bassillac et Auberoche, Biras, Boulazac Isle Manoire, Chancelade, Château-l'Évêque, Cherveix-Cubas, Coulaures, Cubjac-Auvézère-Val d'Ans, Le Bugue, Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare, Léguillac-de-l'Auche, Les Eyzies, Lisle, Mareuil en Périgord, Marsac-sur-l'Isle, Ménesplet, Montagnac-la-Crempse, Montignac-Lascaux, Montpon-Ménestérol, Moulin-Neuf, Mussidan, Neuvic, Pazayac, Périgueux, Petit-Bersac, Peyzac-le-Moustier, Razac-sur-l'Isle, Saint-Astier, Saint-Front-de-Pradoux, Saint-Germain-du-Salembre, Saint-Just, Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle, Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère, Saint-Louis-en-l'Isle, Saint-Martin-l'Astier, Saint-Pantaly-d'Excideuil, Saint-Vincent-sur-l'Isle, Sainte-Eulalie-d'Ans, Sourzac, Terrasson-Lavilledieu, Tourtoirac, Trélissac, Vergt

CorrèzeSee the 10 communes

Collonges-la-Rouge, Mansac, Objat, Saint-Aulaire, Saint-Bonnet-la-Rivière, Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche, Saint-Viance, Tulle, Varetz, Voutezac

This flood's data

In every file of the dataset, this flood carries the identifier EV-20250417-20250422-24. Its dates were frozen when the identifier was created and differ here from the flood's.

The full dataset is released on 13 October at 6:00 (Paris time). Until then, we send it on request: presse@animalert.app.

Ask for the datasetpublic on 13 October at 6:00

Recognised and listed

Public on data.gouv.fr on 13 October at 6:00
A project labelled by the French StateNational Resilience Day 2026 (Journée nationale de la résilience)
Registered with GBIFDerived dataset, DOI 10.15468/dd.ta4vkx