Burguillos del Cerro

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Extremadura requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Ley 11/2018, art. 70. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1993. 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 4 wells and boreholes in Burguillos del Cerro. Half of the 4 with a depth found water at 5–6 m.

Ground: 95% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 555 ha, in 2025.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 0.5% 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 98%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 500 mm a year (1971–2000), about 436 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 32.9 °C, about 36.7 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 6 a year, about 2 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Valverde de Burguillos · Atalaya · Alconera · La Lapa · Feria · Salvatierra de los Barros · Valencia del Ventoso · Fregenal de la Sierra