Rustic land in Spain, municipality by municipality › León
Bembibre
León · Castilla y León · 63 km²
What rustic land in Bembibre 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?
Castilla y León 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 5/1999, art. 23.1.e. A town plan can be stricter.
Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2005. The region's planning viewer ↗
The national urban information system (SIU) maps the land class for 98% of the municipality.
Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.
Is there water?
IGME records 22 wells and boreholes in Bembibre. Half of the 20 with a depth found water at 5–55 m. One spring is recorded.
Ground: 51% low permeability, local groundwater only; 25% practically impermeable; 16% porous aquifer, high productivity; 8.9% porous aquifer, medium productivity.
Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.
What to watch for
- 2 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 563 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
- 2.1% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 2.6% in the 500-year one.
- 2.1% 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 98%. Averages for the municipality.
- Rain: 646 mm a year (1971–2000), about 581 by 2041–2070.
- Summer highs: 26.5 °C, about 30.3 °C by 2041–2070.
- Frost days: 67 a year, about 44 by 2041–2070.
Around it
Congosto · Castropodame · Noceda del Bierzo · Folgoso de la Ribera · Toreno · Torre del Bierzo
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.