Castrocontrigo

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: Delimitación de Suelo Urbano (only marks the town's edge), from 1987. 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 11 wells and boreholes in Castrocontrigo. Half of the 11 with a depth found water at 47–80 m. 6 springs are recorded.

Ground: 46% practically impermeable; 24% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 23% porous aquifer, high productivity; 7.3% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 8 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 40,335 ha in all, the latest in 2025.
• 2.1% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 3.1% in the 500-year one.
• 1.6% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 45% 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 99% of homes; fibre 89%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 501 mm a year (1971–2000), about 464 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 26.3 °C, about 30.4 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 96 a year, about 70 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Cubo de Benavente · Quintana y Congosto · Justel · Ayoó de Vidriales · Muelas de los Caballeros · Luyego · Castrocalbón · Truchas