Rustic land in Spain, municipality by municipality › Málaga
El Borge
Málaga · Andalucía · 24 km²
What rustic land in El Borge 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?
Andalucía requires at least 2.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.
Other cases: 5 ha on forest land.
Decreto 550/2022, art. 31. A town plan can be stricter.
No town plan: the region's general rules apply. The region's planning viewer ↗
The SIU does not map land classes here: the town plan is the source.
Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.
Is there water?
IGME records one well or borehole in El Borge. Its depth: 7 m. One spring is recorded.
Ground: 66% low permeability, local groundwater only; 34% practically impermeable.
Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.
What to watch for
- No mapped fire since 2016.
- No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
- Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.
- Basic seismic acceleration 0.16 g: new buildings need seismic design.
Living here
- 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 79%. Averages for the municipality.
- Rain: 562 mm a year (1971–2000), about 485 by 2041–2070.
- Summer highs: 30.5 °C, about 33.5 °C by 2041–2070.
- Frost days: 2 a year, about 1 by 2041–2070.
Around it
Almáchar · Moclinejo · Comares · Totalán · Cútar · Riogordo · Periana · Málaga
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.