Villamontán de la Valduerna

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Castilla y León allows a new house on rustic land only when a farm needs it. Otherwise it has to go in a village, or restore a building.

Ley 5/1999, art. 23.1.e. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 2010. 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 6 wells and boreholes in Villamontán de la Valduerna. Half of the 6 with a depth found water at 76–84 m.

Ground: 61% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 28% porous aquifer, high productivity; 5.4% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 2 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 40,082 ha in all, the latest in 2025.
• 3% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 4.8% in the 500-year one.
• 2.4% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 14% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 89%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 383 mm a year (1971–2000), about 356 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 26.9 °C, about 31 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 88 a year, about 64 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Destriana · Palacios de la Valduerna · Riego de la Vega · Quintana y Congosto · Valderrey · Santa Elena de Jamuz