Medinaceli

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Castilla y León allows a new house on rustic land only when a farm needs it. Otherwise it has to go in a village, or restore a building.

Ley 5/1999, art. 23.1.e. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 2009. 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 Medinaceli. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 30 springs are recorded.

Ground: 38% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 33% practically impermeable; 12% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 11% low permeability, local groundwater only; 6.7% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 117 ha, in 2022.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 26% 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 69%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 394 mm a year (1971–2000), about 367 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 27.3 °C, about 31.4 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 104 a year, about 74 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Miño de Medinaceli · Yelo · Alcubilla de las Peñas · Arcos de Jalón · Sigüenza · Alcolea del Pinar · Anguita · Almaluez