Higuera de Llerena

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Extremadura requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Ley 11/2018, art. 70. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Delimitación de Suelo Urbano (only marks the town's edge), from 1986. 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 4 wells and boreholes in Higuera de Llerena. Half of the 4 with a depth found water at 65 m.

Ground: 56% practically impermeable; 40% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 60 ha, in 2025.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 59% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 97% of homes; fibre 86%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 412 mm a year (1971–2000), about 361 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 32.2 °C, about 36 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 10 a year, about 3 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Villagarcía de la Torre · Casas de Reina · Maguilla · Llerena · Berlanga · Valencia de las Torres