Calvos de Randín

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: Plan General (a full town plan), from 1999. 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 Calvos de Randín. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 96% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 3 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 122 ha in all, the latest in 2022.
• 2% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 2% in the 500-year one.
• 33% 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 96% of homes; fibre 27%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 1,218 mm a year (1971–2000), about 1,092 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 22.8 °C, about 26.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 39 a year, about 23 by 2041–2070.

Around it

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