Orellana de la Sierra

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Extremadura requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Ley 11/2018, art. 70. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Delimitación de Suelo Urbano (only marks the town's edge), from 1984. 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?

IGME records 2 wells and boreholes in Orellana de la Sierra. Half of the 2 with a depth found water at 50–56 m.

Ground: 78% practically impermeable; 22% surface water body.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 77% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 0.4% 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 64%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 440 mm a year (1971–2000), about 398 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 32.6 °C, about 36.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 12 a year, about 3 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Orellana la Vieja · Navalvillar de Pela · Esparragosa de Lares · Campanario