Alcolea de Cinca

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Aragón requires at least 1 ha for a new house on rustic land.

DL 1/2014, art. 34.2. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1996. The region's planning viewer ↗

The national urban information system (SIU) maps the land class for 100% of the municipality.

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

Is there water?

IGME records 2 wells and boreholes in Alcolea de Cinca. Half of the 2 with a depth found water at 5–12 m. One spring is recorded.

Ground: 43% low permeability, local groundwater only; 24% practically impermeable; 18% porous aquifer, high productivity; 16% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 6.1% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 6.7% in the 500-year one.
• 4.5% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 3.9% 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 88%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 261 mm a year (1971–2000), about 228 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 31.1 °C, about 35.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 40 a year, about 20 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Albalate de Cinca · Chalamera · San Miguel del Cinca · Villanueva de Sigena · Castelflorite · Ontiñena · Belver de Cinca