Villahermosa del Río

Can you build a house on rustic land?

The Valencian Community requires at least 1 ha for a new house on rustic land.

DL 1/2021, art. 211. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1989. The region's planning viewer ↗

The SIU does not map land classes here: the town plan is the source.

Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.

Is there water?

No well or borehole is recorded in Villahermosa del Río. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 10 springs are recorded.

Ground: 33% porous aquifer, high productivity; 32% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 24% low permeability, local groundwater only; 12% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 100% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 2% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 97% of homes; fibre 66%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 473 mm a year (1971–2000), about 412 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 24.9 °C, about 28.4 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 53 a year, about 31 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Castillo de Villamalefa · Zucaina · Puertomingalvo · Cortes de Arenoso · Xodos / Chodos · Vistabella del Maestrat · Linares de Mora