Rustic land in Spain, municipality by municipality › Badajoz
Almendralejo
Badajoz · Extremadura · 165 km²
What rustic land in Almendralejo allows and holds, for the municipality as a whole. For a particular plot, open it in the map: the report answers for that exact point.
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Can you build a house on rustic land?
Extremadura requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.
Ley 11/2018, art. 70. A town plan can be stricter.
Plan in force: Plan General (a full town 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 13 wells and boreholes in Almendralejo. Half of the 13 with a depth found water at 14–19 m.
Ground: 90% low permeability, local groundwater only; 9.9% practically impermeable.
Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.
What to watch for
- 4 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 122 ha in all, the latest in 2025.
- No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
- Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.
Living here
- 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 95%. Averages for the municipality.
- Rain: 403 mm a year (1971–2000), about 356 by 2041–2070.
- Summer highs: 33.7 °C, about 37.4 °C by 2041–2070.
- Frost days: 9 a year, about 2 by 2041–2070.
Around it
Aceuchal · Torremejía · Alange · Solana de los Barros · Villafranca de los Barros · Fuente del Maestre · La Zarza · Mérida
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From IGME, MITECO, SNCZI, EFFIS, the SIU, the Building Code, NCSE-02, SETID and AdapteCCa; summarised 9 October 2026. Information, not a certificate: the town hall has the final word.