Monterrubio de Armuña

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 2007. The region's planning viewer ↗

The national urban information system (SIU) maps the land class for 99% of the municipality.

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

Is there water?

IGME records 7 wells and boreholes in Monterrubio de Armuña. Half of the 7 with a depth found water at 75–100 m.

Ground: 66% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 24% low permeability, local groundwater only; 10% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 11 ha, in 2022.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 100%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 321 mm a year (1971–2000), about 307 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.6 °C, about 32.6 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 69 a year, about 47 by 2041–2070.

Around it

San Cristóbal de la Cuesta · Villares de la Reina · Castellanos de Villiquera · La Vellés