Camaleño

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Cantabria allows a new house on rustic land only within 200 m of a village, on at least 1,500 m².

Ley 5/2022, art. 51. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Delimitación de Suelo Urbano (only marks the town's edge), from 1992. 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 Camaleño. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 22 springs are recorded.

Ground: 54% practically impermeable; 15% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 13% low permeability, local groundwater only; 9.6% porous aquifer, high productivity; 8% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 8 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 19,678 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• 0.5% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.1% in the 500-year one.
• 66% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 60% 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 99% of homes; fibre 88%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 1,112 mm a year (1971–2000), about 960 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 21.4 °C, about 24.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 111 a year, about 78 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Vega de Liébana · Potes · Cillorigo de Liébana · Posada de Valdeón · Cabrales · Boca de Huérgano