Villalobar de Rioja

Can you build a house on rustic land?

La Rioja requires at least 2 ha for a new house on dry, unirrigated rustic land.

Other cases: 5,000 m² on irrigated rustic land.

Ley 5/2006, art. 52. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2002. 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?

IGME records 54 wells and boreholes in Villalobar de Rioja. Half of the 53 with a depth found water at 7–13 m. 2 springs are recorded.

Ground: 39% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 36% practically impermeable; 22% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 10% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 12% in the 500-year one.
• 9.5% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 93%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 464 mm a year (1971–2000), about 415 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 26.4 °C, about 30 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 48 a year, about 29 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Baños de Rioja · Herramélluri · Ochánduri · Bañares · Santo Domingo de la Calzada · Grañón