Rustic land in Spain, municipality by municipality › Huesca
Benasque
Huesca · Aragón · 233 km²
What rustic land in Benasque 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?
Aragón requires at least 1 ha for a new house on rustic land.
DL 1/2014, art. 34.2. A town plan can be stricter.
Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2020. 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 Benasque. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 19 springs are recorded.
Ground: 47% low permeability, local groundwater only; 40% practically impermeable; 12% porous aquifer, medium productivity.
Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.
What to watch for
- No mapped fire since 2016.
- 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.
- 77% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
- 74% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
- Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.
Living here
- 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 93%. Averages for the municipality.
- Rain: 1,024 mm a year (1971–2000), about 947 by 2041–2070.
- Summer highs: 14.7 °C, about 18.3 °C by 2041–2070.
- Frost days: 198 a year, about 154 by 2041–2070.
Around it
Sahún · Montanuy · Castejón de Sos · San Juan de Plan · Vielha e Mijaran · Gistaín
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.