Villafranca de Ebro

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 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?

IGME records 9 wells and boreholes in Villafranca de Ebro. Half of the 9 with a depth found water at 5–6 m.

Ground: 61% practically impermeable; 28% porous aquifer, high productivity; 11% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 3 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 249 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• 12% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 15% in the 500-year one.
• 12% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 79% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 84%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 255 mm a year (1971–2000), about 225 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 31.5 °C, about 35.6 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 31 a year, about 14 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Osera de Ebro · Alfajarín · Nuez de Ebro · Farlete · Pina de Ebro · Fuentes de Ebro · El Burgo de Ebro · Monegrillo