Madremanya

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 2003. 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 Madremanya. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 39% practically impermeable; 27% low permeability, local groundwater only; 21% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 14% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 63% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 63% 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.
• Basic seismic acceleration 0.08 g: new buildings need seismic design.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 93%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 568 mm a year (1971–2000), about 472 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 29.2 °C, about 32.7 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 15 a year, about 4 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Sant Martí Vell · La Pera · Corçà · Cruïlles, Monells i Sant Sadurní de l'Heura · Quart