Gallinero de Cameros

Can you build a house on rustic land?

La Rioja requires at least 2 ha for a new house on dry, unirrigated rustic land.

Other cases: 5,000 m² on irrigated rustic land.

Ley 5/2006, art. 52. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Delimitación de Suelo Urbano (only marks the town's edge), from 2002. 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 Gallinero de Cameros. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 2 springs are recorded.

Ground: 53% low permeability, local groundwater only; 47% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 0.7% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 0.7% in the 500-year one.
• 0.7% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 100% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 93%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 634 mm a year (1971–2000), about 568 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 24.1 °C, about 27.8 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 91 a year, about 61 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Pinillos · Pradillo · Villanueva de Cameros · Laguna de Cameros · Lumbreras de Cameros