Jimena de la Frontera

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: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1985. 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 7 wells and boreholes in Jimena de la Frontera. Half of the 7 with a depth found water at 10–26 m.

Ground: 87% low permeability, local groundwater only; 13% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 2 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 41 ha in all, the latest in 2023.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 74% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 74% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 89%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 986 mm a year (1971–2000), about 823 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 30.3 °C, about 33.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 0 a year, about 0 by 2041–2070.

Around it

San Martín del Tesorillo · Gaucín · Castellar de la Frontera · Casares · Cortes de la Frontera · Alcalá de los Gazules