Figaró-Montmany

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Catalonia allows no new houses on rustic land. Restoring an existing or listed building is the way.

DL 1/2010, art. 47. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2015. 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 Figaró-Montmany. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 65% practically impermeable; 29% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 0.8% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.5% in the 500-year one.
• 0.8% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 82% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 82% 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 95% of homes; fibre 98%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 570 mm a year (1971–2000), about 483 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 26.7 °C, about 30.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 47 a year, about 23 by 2041–2070.

Around it

La Garriga · L'Ametlla del Vallès · Bigues i Riells del Fai · Sant Martí de Centelles · Tagamanent · Cànoves i Samalús · Sant Quirze Safaja