Salvaterra de Miño

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: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1993. 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 4 wells and boreholes in Salvaterra de Miño. Half of the 4 with a depth found water at 8–9 m. 3 springs are recorded.

Ground: 65% practically impermeable; 22% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 13% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 9 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 4,301 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• 8.5% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 8.5% in the 500-year one.
• 6.6% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 4.7% 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 92%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 1,365 mm a year (1971–2000), about 1,201 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 27.6 °C, about 30.6 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 12 a year, about 3 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Salceda de Caselas · As Neves · Ponteareas · Mondariz · Tui · A Caniza