Cillorigo de Liébana

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Cantabria allows a new house on rustic land only within 200 m of a village, on at least 1,500 m².

Ley 5/2022, art. 51. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Delimitación de Suelo Urbano (only marks the town's edge), from 1985. 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 Cillorigo de Liébana. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 20 springs are recorded.

Ground: 37% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 35% practically impermeable; 13% low permeability, local groundwater only; 10% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 5% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 19 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 1,356 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 66% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 34% 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 93% of homes; fibre 95%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 1,224 mm a year (1971–2000), about 1,035 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 21.2 °C, about 23.6 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 83 a year, about 57 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Peñarrubia · Potes · Tresviso · Lamasón · Cabezón de Liébana · Camaleño · Cabrales