Gérgal

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.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), 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?

IGME records 5 wells and boreholes in Gérgal. Half of the 5 with a depth found water at 50–76 m. Measured yields (5): 3–4 L/s, the middle half. 14 springs are recorded.

Ground: 83% practically impermeable; 8.6% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 4 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 980 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 28% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 28% 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.
• Basic seismic acceleration 0.14 g: new buildings need seismic design.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 68%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 241 mm a year (1971–2000), about 205 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 31.2 °C, about 34.6 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 10 a year, about 3 by 2041–2070.

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