Andújar

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Andalucía requires at least 2.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Other cases: 5 ha on forest land.

Decreto 550/2022, art. 31. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2010. 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 131 wells and boreholes in Andújar. Half of the 118 with a depth found water at 7–70 m. 18 springs are recorded.

Ground: 91% practically impermeable; 5.8% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 5 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 963 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• 1.7% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.7% in the 500-year one.
• 1.2% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 83% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 68% 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 100% of homes; fibre 96%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 597 mm a year (1971–2000), about 533 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 34.3 °C, about 38.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 14 a year, about 4 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Villanueva de la Reina · Marmolejo · Arjonilla · Lahiguera · Baños de la Encina · Arjona · Montoro · Solana del Pino