Santa Amalia

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: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1982. 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 Santa Amalia. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 75% low permeability, local groundwater only; 15% practically impermeable; 9.6% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 3 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 64 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• 5.5% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 5.5% in the 500-year one.
• 4.1% 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 100%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 430 mm a year (1971–2000), about 385 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 33.5 °C, about 37.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 13 a year, about 3 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Medellín · Almoharín · Miajadas · Arroyomolinos · Don Benito · Guareña · Mérida