Begonte

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Galicia allows a new house on rustic land only when a farm needs it. Otherwise it has to go in a village, or restore a building.

Ley 2/2016, arts. 35 y 39. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1997. 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 2 wells and boreholes in Begonte. Half of the 2 with a depth found water at 5–25 m.

Ground: 82% practically impermeable; 11% porous aquifer, high productivity; 6.6% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 39 ha, in 2022.
• 2% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 2.6% in the 500-year one.
• 1% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 8.7% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 81%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 1,053 mm a year (1971–2000), about 916 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 23 °C, about 25.8 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 31 a year, about 15 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Rábade · Outeiro de Rei · Cospeito · Guitiriz · Friol · Vilalba