Valencia de Alcántara

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 1999. 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 20 wells and boreholes in Valencia de Alcántara. Half of the 17 with a depth found water at 40–60 m. 21 springs are recorded.

Ground: 100% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 3 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 382 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 34% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 4% 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 75%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 562 mm a year (1971–2000), about 509 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 31.4 °C, about 35.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 8 a year, about 2 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Salorino · Membrío · Santiago de Alcántara · San Vicente de Alcántara · Herrera de Alcántara · La Codosera · Alburquerque