Cangas del Narcea

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Asturias allows a new house on rustic land only where the town plan provides for it.

DL 1/2004, art. 124. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 2003. 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 one well or borehole in Cangas del Narcea. Its depth: 80 m. 58 springs are recorded.

Ground: 85% practically impermeable; 13% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 307 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 24,829 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• 0.5% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 0.5% in the 500-year one.
• 0.5% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 62% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 54% 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 49%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 1,258 mm a year (1971–2000), about 1,078 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 22.7 °C, about 25.6 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 54 a year, about 33 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Allande · Degaña · Tineo · Villablino · Ibias · Somiedo