Rustic land in Spain, municipality by municipality › Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona · Catalonia · 101 km²
What rustic land in Barcelona 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?
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 1976. 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?
No well or borehole is recorded in Barcelona. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.
Ground: 46% porous aquifer, high productivity; 25% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 23% practically impermeable.
Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.
What to watch for
- 4 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 64 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
- 2.4% of the municipality lies in the 500-year flood zone.
- 16% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
- 16% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
- 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: 372 mm a year (1971–2000), about 313 by 2041–2070.
- Summer highs: 26.4 °C, about 29.1 °C by 2041–2070.
- Frost days: 3 a year, about 1 by 2041–2070.
Around it
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat · Esplugues de Llobregat · Sant Just Desvern · Sant Adrià de Besòs · Santa Coloma de Gramenet · Sant Feliu de Llobregat · Cerdanyola del Vallès · El Prat de Llobregat
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.