San Asensio

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?

No well or borehole is recorded in San Asensio. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 3 springs are recorded.

Ground: 59% low permeability, local groundwater only; 17% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 15% porous aquifer, high productivity; 9.3% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 6.7% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 7.3% in the 500-year one.
• 4.7% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 4% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 96%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 447 mm a year (1971–2000), about 394 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 26.9 °C, about 30.5 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 43 a year, about 24 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Torremontalbo · Hormilleja · Baños de Ebro / Mañueta · Briones · Uruñuela · Hormilla · Cenicero · San Vicente de la Sonsierra