Solana de los Barros

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: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2018. 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 10 wells and boreholes in Solana de los Barros. Half of the 10 with a depth found water at 5–15 m.

Ground: 77% low permeability, local groundwater only; 22% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 216 ha, in 2024.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 89%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 394 mm a year (1971–2000), about 348 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 34.1 °C, about 37.7 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 9 a year, about 2 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Corte de Peleas · Aceuchal · Santa Marta · Villalba de los Barros · Almendralejo · Mérida · Badajoz