Ayora

Can you build a house on rustic land?

The Valencian Community requires at least 1 ha for a new house on rustic land.

DL 1/2021, art. 211. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 1982. 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 78 wells and boreholes in Ayora. Half of the 73 with a depth found water at 8–15 m. 25 springs are recorded.

Ground: 37% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 29% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 14% low permeability, local groundwater only; 11% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 6.4% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 2 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 477 ha in all, the latest in 2025.
• 0.5% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 0.5% in the 500-year one.
• 0.5% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 32% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 0.5% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 99% of homes; fibre 75%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 364 mm a year (1971–2000), about 315 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 29 °C, about 32.9 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 40 a year, about 19 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Zarra · Teresa de Cofrentes · Jarafuel · Alpera · Bicorp · Almansa · Carcelén · Enguera