Gurb

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: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 2003. 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 13 wells and boreholes in Gurb. Half of the 12 with a depth found water at 40–80 m. 9 springs are recorded.

Ground: 42% low permeability, local groundwater only; 40% porous aquifer, high productivity; 14% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 3.7% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 3.7% in the 500-year one.
• 2.1% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 9.6% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 86%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 519 mm a year (1971–2000), about 446 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.6 °C, about 32.4 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 84 a year, about 52 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Santa Cecília de Voltregà · Vic · Les Masies de Voltregà · Sant Bartomeu del Grau · Manlleu · Folgueroles · Roda de Ter · Tavèrnoles