Rustic land in Spain, municipality by municipality › Las Palmas
Artenara
Las Palmas · Canarias · 67 km²
What rustic land in Artenara 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.
Can you build a house on rustic land?
Canarias allows houses only inside the rural settlements the town plan marks.
Ley 4/2017, arts. 35 y 60. A town plan can be stricter.
Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1998. 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?
No well or borehole is recorded in Artenara. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.
Ground: 74% low permeability, local groundwater only; 12% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 6.9% practically impermeable; 6.3% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity.
Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.
What to watch for
- 3 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 10,135 ha in all, the latest in 2022.
- No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
- 84% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
- 89% 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 45%. Averages for the municipality.
- Rain: 247 mm a year (1971–2000), about 149 by 2041–2070.
- Summer highs: 27.8 °C, about 31 °C by 2041–2070.
- Frost days: 0 a year, about 0 by 2041–2070.
Around it
Tejeda · Agaete · Gáldar · Valleseco · Moya · La Aldea de San Nicolás
Selling land in Artenara? Add a free water and building check to your listing.
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.