la Guingueta d'Àneu

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 2015. 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?

No well or borehole is recorded in la Guingueta d'Àneu. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 64% practically impermeable; 26% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 9.9% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 675 ha, in 2016.
• 2.6% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 2.6% in the 500-year one.
• 2.6% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 38% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 42% 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 97% of homes; fibre 43%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 968 mm a year (1971–2000), about 875 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 20.6 °C, about 24.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 150 a year, about 111 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Esterri d'Àneu · Vall de Cardós · Espot · Lladorre · Alt Àneu · Llavorsí · Rialp