Alfoz do Castrodouro

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 2025. 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?

IGME records 3 wells and boreholes in Alfoz do Castrodouro. Half of the 3 with a depth found water at 28–30 m.

Ground: 79% practically impermeable; 21% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 126 ha, in 2023.
• 1.5% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.5% in the 500-year one.
• 0.8% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 25% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 78%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 1,045 mm a year (1971–2000), about 903 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 21.4 °C, about 23.5 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 9 a year, about 2 by 2041–2070.

Around it

O Valadouro · Mondoñedo · Foz · Abadín