Benifairó de la Valldigna

Can you build a house on rustic land?

The Valencian Community requires at least 1 ha for a new house on rustic land.

DL 1/2021, art. 211. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2006. 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 28 wells and boreholes in Benifairó de la Valldigna. Half of the 28 with a depth found water at 38–112 m.

Ground: 39% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 33% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 21% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 6.8% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 3 ha, in 2024.
• 0.9% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 2.6% in the 500-year one.
• 0.9% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 44% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 75%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 608 mm a year (1971–2000), about 514 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 29.4 °C, about 32.5 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 4 a year, about 1 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Simat de la Valldigna · Tavernes de la Valldigna · Xeraco · Xeresa · Alzira · Carcaixent