Floods, Pyrénées-Atlantiques and 7 other départements, June 2023
80 communes under a natural disaster declaration (flood)
286 protected animal species recorded in the declared communes in the ten years before the flood
37 animal species threatened on the national Red List, protected or not
birds: by their population in the flood's season
- Dates per the orders
- 10 to 14 June 2023
- Départements
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Landes, Tarn-et-Garonne and 3 other départements
- Flood type
- river flooding, runoff or mudflow
- Heaviest rainfall
- 99.8 mm
- in one day (Aude, 13 June 2023), CAUNES-MINERVOIS station · per Météo-France
- 8 June 2023: 0 mm
- 9 June 2023: 22.2 mm
- 10 June 2023: 0 mm
- 11 June 2023: 0 mm
- 12 June 2023: 1.6 mm
- 13 June 2023: 99.8 mm
- 14 June 2023: 0 mm
- 15 June 2023: 0 mm
- 16 June 2023: 0 mm
101.4 mm from 11 to 13 Jun, up to the wettest day
The flood's dates
- Peak discharge
- 315 m³/s
- Le Gave de Pau à Orthez, on 14 June 2023 · per Hub'Eau
- Extent
- communes under a natural disaster declaration (flood)
Protected species recorded in the declared communes
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.
4,417 species recorded in the declared communes
286 protected animal species among them and 41 protected plants
37 animal species threatened on the national Red List, protected or not (vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered)
188 Birds
35 Mammals, bats included
18 Amphibians
18 Insects
16 Reptiles
11 Fish, molluscs and crayfish
For birds, the category is the one of their population at the flood's season (breeding, wintering or passage birds): a bird with no dated record in the declared communes in that season in the GBIF data has none, and the breeding category needs at least two dated records in June or July. In the migration season (March, August to October), a bird that neither the passage list nor the wintering list assesses takes its breeding category only if it was recorded at least twice in the declared communes in June or July. The list used is named under each species.
The most notable protected animal species
Species with at least three observations (for a bird, three in the months that give it its category, and no bird without a record at the flood's season), the most threatened first, then the most recorded. An observation is a published record: it can count one or several animals, and the same animal can be noted several times. When their published position is imprecise, blurred or given by grid square, they are said to be "in the communes or nearby".
Birds
The observations cover every season: a migrant bird recorded there may have been away on the day of the flood.
Endangered, breeding birdsEurasian Tree Sparrow
Endangered, breeding birdsReed Bunting
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEurasian Goldfinch
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEuropean Greenfinch
Vulnerable, breeding birdsRed Kite
Vulnerable, breeding birdsZitting Cisticola
Vulnerable, breeding birdsCommon Kingfisher
Vulnerable, breeding birdsBlack-Shouldered Kite
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEuropean Serin
Vulnerable, breeding birdsCommon Linnet
Vulnerable, breeding birdsLesser Spotted Woodpecker
Vulnerable, breeding birdsEurasian Bullfinch
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC0, public domain). Credit for each photo
In the water's path
Establishments registered today in the communes declared for this flood, taken whole, 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.
19 ICPE-classified livestock farms located in the declared communes
Géorisques · ICPE652 livestock businesses in the SIRENE register based in the declared communes
SIRENE register · Insee134 veterinary practices based in the declared communes
SIRENE register · Insee101 animal protection associations based in the declared communes
National register of associations20 wildlife associations based in the declared communes
National register of associations
Of the 652 livestock businesses in the SIRENE register: 297 cattle, sheep, goat or pig farms, 57 horse farms, 59 poultry farms and 239 farms of other animals.
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.
Protected areas in the declared communes
The sites the communes declared for this flood extend over, taken whole, dry sectors included. Natura 2000 and regulatory protection first, then the ZNIEFF, each by its area in these communes. These are not flooded areas: they are not given.
- Pics de l'Estibet et de MondragonNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Massif du LayensNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Massif du Moulle de JaoutNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Gave de PauNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Château d'Orthez et bords du gaveNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Garonne, Ariège, Hers, Salat, Pique et NesteNatura 2000, Habitats Directive
- Eth Thuron des AureysNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Barrage d'Artix et saligue du Gave de PauNatura 2000, Birds Directive
- Le Gave d'Aspe et le Lourdios (cours d'eau)Natura 2000, Habitats Directive
- La Garonne, l'Ariège, l'Hers Vif et Le SalatBiotope protection order
- Vallée d'AspeZNIEFF type II (inventoried natural area)
- Forêt de Sivens et coteaux boisés alentoursZNIEFF type II (inventoried natural area)
A marsh can be designated twice under Natura 2000, for its birds and for its habitats: the areas overlap and do not add up. A ZNIEFF is a wildlife inventory, with no regulatory protection.
The declared communes
80 communes declared a natural disaster (flood) for this flood, région by région, then département by département.
Nouvelle-AquitainePyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes
Pyrénées-AtlantiquesSee the 41 communes
Agnos, Argagnon, Asasp-Arros, Asson, Auga, Baigts-de-Béarn, Balansun, Bidos, Billère, Bizanos, Boueilh-Boueilho-Lasque, Came, Castétis, Caubios-Loos, Coarraze, Espoey, Eysus, Gerderest, Gurmençon, Idron, Lescar, Livron, Lons, Lourdios-Ichère, Lourenties, Louvigny, Mascaraàs-Haron, Maspie-Lalonquère-Juillacq, Miossens-Lanusse, Moncla, Montardon, Mouhous, Ogenne-Camptort, Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Orthez, Pau, Sallespisse, Sedze-Maubecq, Serres-Castet, Tadousse-Ussau, Taron-Sadirac-Viellenave
LandesSee the 2 communes
Nousse, Pouillon
OccitanieHaute-Garonne, Gers, Tarn-et-Garonne, Ariège, Aude, Tarn
Haute-GaronneSee the 19 communes
Beaumont-sur-Lèze, Castanet-Tolosan, Eaunes, Flourens, Goyrans, Gragnague, Lapeyrouse-Fossat, Lestelle-de-Saint-Martory, Mervilla, Miramont-de-Comminges, Montbernard, Montsaunès, Péguilhan, Pointis-Inard, Saint-Ferréol-de-Comminges, Saint-Sauveur, Salies-du-Salat, Toulouse, Villate
GersSee the 13 communes
Barran, Beaupuy, Biran, Caillavet, Cazaux-Savès, Lamothe-Goas, Lasserrade, Louslitges, Ordan-Larroque, Plaisance, Saint-Jean-le-Comtal, Terraube, Tournan
Tarn-et-GaronneSee the 2 communes
Mirabel, Puycornet
AriègeSee the commune
Saint-Girons
AudeSee the commune
Villefort
TarnSee the commune
Lisle-sur-Tarn
This flood's data
In every file of the dataset, this flood carries the identifier EV-20230612-20230613-64. 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 6:00Recognised 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