Montornès de Segarra

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 2010. 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 14 wells and boreholes in Montornès de Segarra. Half of the 14 with a depth found water at 4–6 m. 2 springs are recorded.

Ground: 86% low permeability, local groundwater only; 14% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 380 ha, in 2026.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 90% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 90% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• 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: 363 mm a year (1971–2000), about 310 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 27.8 °C, about 31.8 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 52 a year, about 27 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Granyena de Segarra · Guimerà · Montoliu de Segarra · Verdú · Ribera d'Ondara