Rabós

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Catalonia allows no new houses on rustic land. Restoring an existing or listed building is the way.

DL 1/2010, art. 47. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 2015. 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 Rabós. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 83% practically impermeable; 9.4% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 7.5% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 4 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 6 ha in all, the latest in 2025.
• 0.6% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 0.6% in the 500-year one.
• 1.3% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 91% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 91% 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.
• Basic seismic acceleration 0.08 g: new buildings need seismic design.

Living here

• 4G reaches 41% of homes; fibre 83%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 648 mm a year (1971–2000), about 544 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 27.3 °C, about 30.8 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 11 a year, about 4 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Vilamaniscle · Espolla · Colera · Mollet de Peralada · Garriguella · Llançà · Peralada