Rustic land in Spain, municipality by municipality › Madrid
El Álamo
Madrid · Madrid region · 22 km²
What rustic land in El Álamo 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?
The Madrid region allows no new houses on rustic land. Restoring an existing or listed building is the way.
Ley 9/2001, art. 29. A town plan can be stricter.
Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2009. 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 72 wells and boreholes in El Álamo. Half of the 72 with a depth found water at 9–25 m. 2 springs are recorded.
Ground: 100% porous aquifer, medium productivity.
Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.
What to watch for
- No mapped fire since 2016.
- 2.1% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 2.1% in the 500-year one.
- 1% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
- 14% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
- 14% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
- Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.
Living here
- 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 96%. Averages for the municipality.
- Rain: 350 mm a year (1971–2000), about 331 by 2041–2070.
- Summer highs: 31.4 °C, about 35.5 °C by 2041–2070.
- Frost days: 42 a year, about 21 by 2041–2070.
Around it
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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.