Rustic land in Spain, municipality by municipality › La Rioja
Quel
La Rioja · La Rioja · 55 km²
What rustic land in Quel 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?
La Rioja requires at least 2 ha for a new house on dry, unirrigated rustic land.
Other cases: 5,000 m² on irrigated rustic land.
Ley 5/2006, art. 52. A town plan can be stricter.
Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2003. 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 Quel. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 11 springs are recorded.
Ground: 64% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 13% practically impermeable; 13% low permeability, local groundwater only; 9.8% porous aquifer, high productivity.
Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.
What to watch for
- One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 330 ha, in 2021.
- 1.2% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.8% in the 500-year one.
- 1.2% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
- Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.
Living here
- 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 90%. Averages for the municipality.
- Rain: 367 mm a year (1971–2000), about 329 by 2041–2070.
- Summer highs: 27.5 °C, about 31.3 °C by 2041–2070.
- Frost days: 40 a year, about 22 by 2041–2070.
Around it
Arnedo · Autol · Villarroya · Grávalos · Pradejón · Calahorra
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.