Castellfollit de Riubregós

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Catalonia allows no new houses on rustic land. Restoring an existing or listed building is the way.

DL 1/2010, art. 47. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 2000. 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 4 wells and boreholes in Castellfollit de Riubregós. Half of the 4 with a depth found water at 14–18 m. 3 springs are recorded.

Ground: 57% low permeability, local groundwater only; 32% practically impermeable; 11% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 1.6% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 2.1% in the 500-year one.
• 1.6% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 18% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 18% 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 100% of homes; fibre 9.9%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 392 mm a year (1971–2000), about 338 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.9 °C, about 32.9 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 69 a year, about 39 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Ivorra · Calonge de Segarra · Pujalt · Estaràs · Torà · la Molsosa