Orellana la Vieja

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: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1996. 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 la Vieja. Half of the 2 with a depth found water at 5–95 m.

Ground: 94% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 7 ha, in 2023.
• 5.8% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 5.8% in the 500-year one.
• 4.7% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 11% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 97%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 426 mm a year (1971–2000), about 384 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 33.1 °C, about 36.9 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 14 a year, about 4 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Orellana de la Sierra · Acedera · Navalvillar de Pela · La Coronada · Campanario · Don Benito