Rustic land in Spain, municipality by municipality › León
Cármenes
León · Castilla y León · 154 km²
What rustic land in Cármenes allows and holds, for the municipality as a whole. For a particular plot, open it in the map: the report answers for that exact point.
Can you build a house on rustic land?
Castilla y León 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 5/1999, art. 23.1.e. A town plan can be stricter.
Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 2010. 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 Cármenes. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 13 springs are recorded.
Ground: 69% practically impermeable; 14% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 9% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 5% porous aquifer, high productivity.
Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.
What to watch for
- 6 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 386 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
- No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
- 69% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
- Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.
Living here
- 4G reaches 80% of homes; fibre 87%. Averages for the municipality.
- Rain: 995 mm a year (1971–2000), about 902 by 2041–2070.
- Summer highs: 18.7 °C, about 22.2 °C by 2041–2070.
- Frost days: 148 a year, about 111 by 2041–2070.
Around it
Vegacervera · Valdelugueros · Villamanín · Matallana de Torío · Valdepiélago · Aller
From IGME, MITECO, SNCZI, EFFIS, the SIU, the Building Code, NCSE-02, SETID and AdapteCCa; summarised 9 October 2026. Information, not a certificate: the town hall has the final word.