Rustic land in Spain, municipality by municipality › Ávila
El Arenal
Ávila · Castilla y León · 27 km²
What rustic land in El Arenal 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?
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: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1999. The region's planning viewer ↗
The national urban information system (SIU) maps the land class for 99% 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 El Arenal. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.
Ground: 100% practically impermeable.
Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.
What to watch for
- 2 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 2,257 ha in all, the latest in 2025.
- No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
- 98% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
- 98% 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 94%. Averages for the municipality.
- Rain: 1,042 mm a year (1971–2000), about 968 by 2041–2070.
- Summer highs: 26.1 °C, about 30 °C by 2041–2070.
- Frost days: 66 a year, about 40 by 2041–2070.
Around it
El Hornillo · Cuevas del Valle · Navarredonda de Gredos · San Martín del Pimpollar · Arenas de San Pedro · Mombeltrán
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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.