Rincón de Soto

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 2008. 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 10 wells and boreholes in Rincón de Soto. Half of the 9 with a depth found water at 7–8 m. One spring is recorded.

Ground: 43% porous aquifer, high productivity; 36% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 21% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 33% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 37% in the 500-year one.
• 29% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 2.2% 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 100% of homes; fibre 83%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 278 mm a year (1971–2000), about 250 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.7 °C, about 32.4 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 29 a year, about 14 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Aldeanueva de Ebro · Milagro · Funes · Azagra · Alfaro