Sermur: geology and natural hazards

Seismic zone

2 of 5 (low)

Radon potential

Category 3 of 3 (significant potential)

Recognised natural disasters

2 since 1982

Underground cavities recorded

1

Ground movements recorded

None

Risk prevention plans

None

Natural and technological hazards to which the commune is exposed, according to the national GASPAR database.

• Séisme
• Phénomène lié à l’atmosphère
• Radon

2 events recognised as a natural disaster by ministerial order since 1982.

• Inondations et/ou coulées de boue: 2
• Mouvement de terrain: 1
• Tempête: 1

1. Mouvement de terrain, Inondations et/ou coulées de boue

   Event from 25/12/1999 to 29/12/1999, order published in the Journal officiel on 30/12/1999.

2. Tempête, Inondations et/ou coulées de boue

   Event from 06/11/1982 to 10/11/1982, order published in the Journal officiel on 19/11/1982.

Seismic zone

Zone 2 of 5: low. This regulatory zoning, in force since 2011, sets the rules for earthquake-resistant construction.

Radon potential

Category 3 of 3: significant potential. At least part of the commune has higher-than-average uranium content. Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that can build up in poorly ventilated rooms.

What BRGM maps say at the town hall. They describe that single point: elsewhere in the commune, the ground may be quite different.

• Shrink-swell clays

• Rising groundwater

• Underground cavities

• Ground movements

• Earthquakes

• Nature of the ground

Recorded across the whole commune by BRGM, in its national databases of underground cavities and ground movements.

1 underground cavity recorded (quarries, cellars, military works, natural cavities…).

No ground movement recorded (landslides, rockfalls, collapses, mudflows…).

See cavities and ground movements on the map

No risk prevention plan is listed for the commune.

• Brousse (23)
• Lioux-les-Monges (23)
• Châtelard (23)
• Le Compas (23)
• Les Mars (23)
• Chard (23)
• Bussière-Nouvelle (23)
• Mautes (23)

Listed hazards, natural disasters, seismic zoning, radon potential, cavities, ground movements and prevention plans: Géorisques, published by the French ministry for the ecological transition, under Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0, data accessed on 02/11/2026. Summary beneath the town hall: BRGM map services, queried when the page is displayed. List of communes and populations: API Découpage administratif (geo.api.gouv.fr), d’après le code officiel géographique de l’Insee, version of 30/10/2026.

This information reflects the state of knowledge at the scale of the commune or of a single point. It replaces neither a soil survey nor the official risk statement (état des risques) required for a sale or a rental, which is drawn up on the official French government service.