Montellà i Martinet

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 2011. 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 Montellà i Martinet. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 6 springs are recorded.

Ground: 35% low permeability, local groundwater only; 21% practically impermeable; 21% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 18% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 5.3% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 1.2% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.2% in the 500-year one.
• 1.2% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 67% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 67% 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 95% of homes; fibre 91%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 692 mm a year (1971–2000), about 615 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 22.5 °C, about 26.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 130 a year, about 90 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Bagà · Cava · Prullans · el Pont de Bar · Bellver de Cerdanya · Gisclareny · Lles de Cerdanya · Josa i Tuixén