Montferrer i Castellbò

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 Montferrer i Castellbò. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 81% practically impermeable; 11% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 7.8% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 0.6% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 0.6% in the 500-year one.
• 18% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 18% 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 100% of homes; fibre 54%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 730 mm a year (1971–2000), about 657 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 24.2 °C, about 28 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 115 a year, about 79 by 2041–2070.

Around it

les Valls de Valira · Farrera · la Seu d'Urgell · les Valls d'Aguilar · Soriguera · Ribera d'Urgellet · Llavorsí