Valdáliga

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Cantabria allows a new house on rustic land only within 200 m of a village, on at least 1,500 m².

Ley 5/2022, art. 51. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Delimitación de Suelo Urbano (only marks the town's edge), from 2007. 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 Valdáliga. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 17 springs are recorded.

Ground: 44% low permeability, local groundwater only; 24% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 19% practically impermeable; 7.7% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 88 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 2,263 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• 0.5% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.1% in the 500-year one.
• 0.5% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 9.3% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 18% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 94%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 1,092 mm a year (1971–2000), about 920 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 22.2 °C, about 24.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 12 a year, about 4 by 2041–2070.

Around it

San Vicente de la Barquera · Comillas · Udías · Cabezón de la Sal · Herrerías · Rionansa · Ruente · Cabuérniga