Rubiá

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Galicia 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 2/2016, arts. 35 y 39. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2020. 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 one well or borehole in Rubiá. Its depth: 7 m.

Ground: 65% practically impermeable; 19% low permeability, local groundwater only; 11% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 6 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 50,162 ha in all, the latest in 2025.
• 0.5% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 0.5% in the 500-year one.
• 0.5% 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.
• 31% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 99% of homes; fibre 35%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 748 mm a year (1971–2000), about 666 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 27.5 °C, about 31.4 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 61 a year, about 40 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Sobrado · Carucedo · O Barco de Valdeorras · Puente de Domingo Flórez · Oencia · Carballeda de Valdeorras