Canillas de Albaida

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Andalucía requires at least 2.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Other cases: 5 ha on forest land.

Decreto 550/2022, art. 31. A town plan can be stricter.

No town plan: the region's general rules apply. The region's planning viewer ↗

The national urban information system (SIU) maps the land class for 0.6% of the municipality.

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

Is there water?

IGME records 3 wells and boreholes in Canillas de Albaida. Half of the 3 with a depth found water at 103–127 m. 21 springs are recorded.

Ground: 57% practically impermeable; 42% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 2 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 38 ha in all, the latest in 2022.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 81% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 81% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Not a radon zone.
• Basic seismic acceleration 0.21 g: new buildings need seismic design.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 83%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 692 mm a year (1971–2000), about 600 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 27.7 °C, about 31.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 15 a year, about 5 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Cómpeta · Salares · Árchez · Sedella · Sayalonga · Arenas · Alhama de Granada