Gibraleón

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 1991. 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 185 wells and boreholes in Gibraleón. Half of the 164 with a depth found water at 9–38 m. One spring is recorded.

Ground: 49% practically impermeable; 30% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 9.9% porous aquifer, high productivity; 7.7% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 9 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 6,344 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• 4.9% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 4.9% in the 500-year one.
• 2.8% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 2.8% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Not a radon zone.
• Basic seismic acceleration 0.1 g: new buildings need seismic design.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 78%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 529 mm a year (1971–2000), about 443 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 33.1 °C, about 35.8 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 2 a year, about 0 by 2041–2070.

Around it

San Bartolomé de la Torre · Aljaraque · Trigueros · San Juan del Puerto · Cartaya · Huelva · Punta Umbría · Alosno