Aguilar del Río Alhama

Can you build a house on rustic land?

La Rioja requires at least 2 ha for a new house on dry, unirrigated rustic land.

Other cases: 5,000 m² on irrigated rustic land.

Ley 5/2006, art. 52. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2002. 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 Aguilar del Río Alhama. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 18 springs are recorded.

Ground: 62% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 17% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 13% porous aquifer, high productivity; 8.3% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 1.1% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.7% in the 500-year one.
• 1.1% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 100% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 93%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 355 mm a year (1971–2000), about 321 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.3 °C, about 32.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 42 a year, about 23 by 2041–2070.

Around it

San Felices · Dévanos · Cigudosa · Valdemadera · Cervera del Río Alhama · Navajún · Ágreda