San Tirso de Abres

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Asturias allows a new house on rustic land only where the town plan provides for it.

DL 1/2004, art. 124. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1998. The region's planning viewer ↗

The national urban information system (SIU) maps the land class for 98% 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 Tirso de Abres. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 6 springs are recorded.

Ground: 93% practically impermeable; 6.7% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 0.9% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 0.9% in the 500-year one.
• 0.9% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 1.3% 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 56%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 987 mm a year (1971–2000), about 853 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 22.1 °C, about 24.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 10 a year, about 3 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Trabada · Taramundi · A Pontenova · Vegadeo