Rustic land in Spain, municipality by municipality › Alicante/Alacant
Rafal
Alicante/Alacant · Valencian Community · 1.6 km²
What rustic land in Rafal 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?
The Valencian Community requires at least 1 ha for a new house on rustic land.
DL 1/2021, art. 211. 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?
IGME records 5 wells and boreholes in Rafal. Half of the 5 with a depth found water at 4–5 m.
Ground: 100% porous aquifer, medium productivity.
Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.
What to watch for
- No mapped fire since 2016.
- 40% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 68% in the 500-year one.
- Not a radon zone.
- Basic seismic acceleration 0.16 g: new buildings need seismic design.
Living here
- 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 99%. Averages for the municipality.
- Rain: 198 mm a year (1971–2000), about 170 by 2041–2070.
- Summer highs: 32.2 °C, about 35.2 °C by 2041–2070.
- Frost days: 2 a year, about 0 by 2041–2070.
Around it
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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.