Quintana y Congosto

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Castilla y León 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 5/1999, art. 23.1.e. 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 52 wells and boreholes in Quintana y Congosto. Half of the 48 with a depth found water at 60–70 m.

Ground: 38% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 30% low permeability, local groundwater only; 17% porous aquifer, high productivity; 14% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 3 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 40,086 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• 5.1% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 5.1% in the 500-year one.
• 2.9% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 18% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 93% of homes; fibre 84%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 407 mm a year (1971–2000), about 377 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 26.7 °C, about 30.8 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 89 a year, about 65 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Destriana · Villamontán de la Valduerna · Castrocontrigo · Castrillo de la Valduerna · Castrocalbón · Santa Elena de Jamuz · Luyego