Barberà del Vallès

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Catalonia allows no new houses on rustic land. Restoring an existing or listed building is the way.

DL 1/2010, art. 47. 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?

No well or borehole is recorded in Barberà del Vallès. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 79% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 12% practically impermeable; 9.9% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 2.6% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 3.6% in the 500-year one.
• 1.6% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 99%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 419 mm a year (1971–2000), about 355 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 29.5 °C, about 32.8 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 15 a year, about 4 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Badia del Vallès · Ripollet · Santa Perpètua de Mogoda · Sabadell · Cerdanyola del Vallès · Montcada i Reixac