San Vicente de la Sonsierra

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 SIU does not map land classes here: the town plan is the source.

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 la Sonsierra. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 15 springs are recorded.

Ground: 63% low permeability, local groundwater only; 19% porous aquifer, high productivity; 11% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 7.2% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 2 ha, in 2023.
• 5.9% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 7.9% in the 500-year one.
• 5.3% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 28% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 99% of homes; fibre 88%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 501 mm a year (1971–2000), about 441 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 26.3 °C, about 29.9 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 49 a year, about 28 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Labastida / Bastida · Ábalos · Briones · San Asensio · Peñacerrada-Urizaharra · Baños de Ebro / Mañueta