A Ribeira de Piquín

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Galicia allows a new house on rustic land only when a farm needs it. Otherwise it has to go in a village, or restore a building.

Ley 2/2016, arts. 35 y 39. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2022. The region's planning viewer ↗

The SIU does not map land classes here: the town plan is the source.

Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.

Is there water?

No well or borehole is recorded in A Ribeira de Piquín. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 96% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 1,448 ha, in 2023.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 6.2% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 43%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 1,057 mm a year (1971–2000), about 919 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 22.4 °C, about 25.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 35 a year, about 18 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Meira · Pol · A Fonsagrada · A Pontenova · Baleira