Sant Ferriol

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 2003. 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 11 wells and boreholes in Sant Ferriol. Half of the 9 with a depth found water at 12–35 m.

Ground: 67% low permeability, local groundwater only; 16% porous aquifer, high productivity; 14% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 6% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 6% in the 500-year one.
• 5% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 5% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 5% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.
• Basic seismic acceleration 0.1 g: new buildings need seismic design.

Living here

• 4G reaches 99% of homes; fibre 2.9%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 706 mm a year (1971–2000), about 599 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.4 °C, about 31.9 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 33 a year, about 15 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Besalú · Argelaguer · Serinyà · Sant Miquel de Campmajor · Beuda · Maià de Montcal · Sant Jaume de Llierca · Sales de Llierca