Sant Esteve Sesrovires

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Catalonia allows no new houses on rustic land. Restoring an existing or listed building is the way.

DL 1/2010, art. 47. 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?

IGME records one well or borehole in Sant Esteve Sesrovires. Its depth: 2,318 m.

Ground: 90% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 14 ha, in 2025.
• 3.1% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 3.1% in the 500-year one.
• 2.5% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 99%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 416 mm a year (1971–2000), about 353 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 30.6 °C, about 34.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 16 a year, about 5 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Martorell · Sant Llorenç d'Hortons · Abrera · Castellví de Rosanes · Gelida · Masquefa · Els Hostalets de Pierola