Almodóvar del Campo

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Castilla-La Mancha requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Other cases: 3 ha on protected rustic land.

Orden 4/2020, art. 5. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1992. The region's planning viewer ↗

The national urban information system (SIU) maps the land class for 99% of the municipality.

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

Is there water?

IGME records 51 wells and boreholes in Almodóvar del Campo. Half of the 50 with a depth found water at 6–20 m.

Ground: 86% practically impermeable; 6% low permeability, local groundwater only; 5.3% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 5 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 883 ha in all, the latest in 2025.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 23% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 48% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 99% of homes; fibre 81%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 473 mm a year (1971–2000), about 429 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 32.4 °C, about 36.4 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 21 a year, about 6 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Almadenejos · Torrecampo · Brazatortas · El Guijo · Alamillo · Almadén · Conquista · Abenójar