Llorac

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: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2005. The region's planning viewer ↗

The national urban information system (SIU) maps the land class for 97% of the municipality.

Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.

Is there water?

IGME records 3 wells and boreholes in Llorac. Half of the 3 with a depth found water at 95–150 m. 3 springs are recorded.

Ground: 59% practically impermeable; 34% low permeability, local groundwater only; 7% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 3 ha, in 2025.
• 0.6% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 0.6% in the 500-year one.
• 0.6% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 14% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 14% 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 76% of homes; fibre 82%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 406 mm a year (1971–2000), about 347 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 27.3 °C, about 31.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 50 a year, about 26 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Talavera · Savallà del Comtat · Santa Coloma de Queralt · Montoliu de Segarra · Vallfogona de Riucorb