Vilallonga de Ter

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: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1996. 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 Vilallonga de Ter. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. One spring is recorded.

Ground: 89% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 4 ha, in 2025.
• 1.1% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.1% in the 500-year one.
• 1.1% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 32% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 32% 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.
• Basic seismic acceleration 0.11 g: new buildings need seismic design.

Living here

• 4G reaches 99% of homes; fibre 94%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 778 mm a year (1971–2000), about 683 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 20 °C, about 23.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 110 a year, about 74 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Pardines · Llanars · Setcases · Ogassa · Queralbs · Camprodon