Teruel

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Aragón requires at least 1 ha for a new house on rustic land.

DL 1/2014, art. 34.2. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 1985. 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 26 wells and boreholes in Teruel. Half of the 24 with a depth found water at 25–163 m. 19 springs are recorded.

Ground: 38% low permeability, local groundwater only; 29% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 14% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 11% porous aquifer, high productivity; 6.9% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 0.6% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.3% in the 500-year one.
• 0.6% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 14% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 90%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 267 mm a year (1971–2000), about 237 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 29 °C, about 33 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 89 a year, about 61 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Cuevas Labradas · Villastar · Corbalán · Celadas · Peralejos · Rubiales · Cella · Cubla