Santa Cristina d'Aro

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 2026. 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 3 wells and boreholes in Santa Cristina d'Aro. Half of the 3 with a depth found water at 10–22 m. 2 springs are recorded.

Ground: 89% practically impermeable; 11% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 2 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 2,033 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• 1.2% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.2% in the 500-year one.
• 0.6% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 59% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 59% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 99% of homes; fibre 87%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 530 mm a year (1971–2000), about 440 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 27.7 °C, about 31 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 10 a year, about 3 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Sant Feliu de Guíxols · Castell d'Aro, Platja d'Aro i s'Agaró · Llagostera · Calonge i Sant Antoni · Cassà de la Selva · Tossa de Mar · Cruïlles, Monells i Sant Sadurní de l'Heura