Rustic land in Spain, municipality by municipality › Ourense
Porqueira
Ourense · Galicia · 43 km²
What rustic land in Porqueira allows and holds, for the municipality as a whole. For a particular plot, open it in the map: the report answers for that exact point.
Can you build a house on rustic land?
Galicia 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 2/2016, arts. 35 y 39. A town plan can be stricter.
No town plan: the region's general rules apply. The region's planning viewer ↗
The SIU does not map land classes here: the town plan is the source.
Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.
Is there water?
IGME records one well or borehole in Porqueira.
Ground: 56% practically impermeable; 44% 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 2025.
- 14% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 15% in the 500-year one.
- 8.1% 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 52%. Averages for the municipality.
- Rain: 918 mm a year (1971–2000), about 820 by 2041–2070.
- Summer highs: 25.1 °C, about 28.5 °C by 2041–2070.
- Frost days: 38 a year, about 22 by 2041–2070.
Around it
Rairiz de Veiga · Xinzo de Limia · Os Blancos · Bande · Vilar de Santos · Calvos de Randín · Muíños
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From IGME, MITECO, SNCZI, EFFIS, the SIU, the Building Code, NCSE-02, SETID and AdapteCCa; summarised 9 October 2026. Information, not a certificate: the town hall has the final word.