Canales de la Sierra

Can you build a house on rustic land?

La Rioja requires at least 2 ha for a new house on dry, unirrigated rustic land.

Other cases: 5,000 m² on irrigated rustic land.

Ley 5/2006, art. 52. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 2000. The region's planning viewer ↗

The SIU does not map land classes here: the town plan is the source.

Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.

Is there water?

No well or borehole is recorded in Canales de la Sierra. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 6 springs are recorded.

Ground: 75% practically impermeable; 21% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 100% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 100% 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 0%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 870 mm a year (1971–2000), about 787 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 22.1 °C, about 25.8 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 130 a year, about 95 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Monterrubio de la Demanda · Villavelayo · Huerta de Arriba · Barbadillo de Herreros · Ezcaray · Valle de Valdelaguna