Jerez de los Caballeros

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: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2023. 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 25 wells and boreholes in Jerez de los Caballeros. Half of the 24 with a depth found water at 8–52 m. 7 springs are recorded.

Ground: 94% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 5 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 610 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• 0.5% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 0.5% in the 500-year one.
• 23% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 0.5% 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.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 80%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 541 mm a year (1971–2000), about 471 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 33.2 °C, about 36.8 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 6 a year, about 2 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Valle de Santa Ana · Valle de Matamoros · Zahínos · Oliva de la Frontera · Burguillos del Cerro · Higuera la Real · Higuera de Vargas · Salvaleón