Rustic land in Spain, municipality by municipality › Pontevedra
Catoira
Pontevedra · Galicia · 29 km²
What rustic land in Catoira 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?
Galicia 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 2/2016, arts. 35 y 39. A town plan can be stricter.
Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1993. 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 Catoira. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 2 springs are recorded.
Ground: 91% practically impermeable; 5% porous aquifer, high productivity.
Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.
What to watch for
- 2 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 707 ha in all, the latest in 2025.
- 2% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 2% in the 500-year one.
- 2.5% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
- 1% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
- Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.
Living here
- 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 74%. Averages for the municipality.
- Rain: 1,701 mm a year (1971–2000), about 1,490 by 2041–2070.
- Summer highs: 25 °C, about 27.7 °C by 2041–2070.
- Frost days: 7 a year, about 1 by 2041–2070.
Around it
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.