San Cibrao das Viñas

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 2005. 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 Cibrao das Viñas. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 7 springs are recorded.

Ground: 97% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 5 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 158 ha in all, the latest in 2025.
• 0.7% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 0.7% in the 500-year one.
• 0.7% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 65%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 761 mm a year (1971–2000), about 681 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 27.5 °C, about 31.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 31 a year, about 15 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Taboadela · Barbadás · Ourense · Paderne de Allariz · A Merca · O Pereiro de Aguiar