San Vicente de Alcántara

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Extremadura requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Ley 11/2018, art. 70. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2021. 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 Vicente de Alcántara. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 3 springs are recorded.

Ground: 96% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 58% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 99% of homes; fibre 97%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 545 mm a year (1971–2000), about 490 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 32.2 °C, about 36.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 7 a year, about 1 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Herreruela · Salorino · Alburquerque · Valencia de Alcántara · La Codosera