Riu de Cerdanya

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: Plan General (a full town plan), from 1983. 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 Riu de Cerdanya. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 4 springs are recorded.

Ground: 49% practically impermeable; 36% low permeability, local groundwater only; 15% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 84% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 84% 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.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 100%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 628 mm a year (1971–2000), about 555 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 23.2 °C, about 26.8 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 127 a year, about 89 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Urús · Guardiola de Berguedà · Prats i Sansor · Bellver de Cerdanya