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Los Realejos
Santa Cruz de Tenerife · Canarias · 57 km²
What rustic land in Los Realejos allows and holds, for the municipality as a whole. For a particular plot, open it in the map: the report answers for that exact point.
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Can you build a house on rustic land?
Canarias allows houses only inside the rural settlements the town plan marks.
Ley 4/2017, arts. 35 y 60. A town plan can be stricter.
Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2004. 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 Los Realejos. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.
Ground: 47% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 38% low permeability, local groundwater only; 9.7% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity.
Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.
What to watch for
- 3 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 14,827 ha in all, the latest in 2023.
- No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
- 56% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
- 57% 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 93%. Averages for the municipality.
- Rain: 383 mm a year (1971–2000), about 225 by 2041–2070.
- Summer highs: 22 °C, about 24.5 °C by 2041–2070.
- Frost days: 0 a year, about 0 by 2041–2070.
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From IGME, MITECO, SNCZI, EFFIS, the SIU, the Building Code, NCSE-02, SETID and AdapteCCa; summarised 9 October 2026. Information, not a certificate: the town hall has the final word.