Manzanares de Rioja

Can you build a house on rustic land?

La Rioja requires at least 2 ha for a new house on dry, unirrigated rustic land.

Other cases: 5,000 m² on irrigated rustic land.

Ley 5/2006, art. 52. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2015. The region's planning viewer ↗

The SIU does not map land classes here: the town plan is the source.

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

Is there water?

No well or borehole is recorded in Manzanares de Rioja. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 9 springs are recorded.

Ground: 50% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 48% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 0.7% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 0.7% in the 500-year one.
• 0.7% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 44% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 97%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 588 mm a year (1971–2000), about 524 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 24.9 °C, about 28.4 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 66 a year, about 43 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Villarejo · Santurdejo · Cañas · Cirueña · Santo Domingo de la Calzada · Pazuengos