Zalamea la Real

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Andalucía requires at least 2.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Other cases: 5 ha on forest land.

Decreto 550/2022, art. 31. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1994. 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 10 wells and boreholes in Zalamea la Real. Half of the 8 with a depth found water at 43–66 m. 3 springs are recorded.

Ground: 67% low permeability, local groundwater only; 34% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 6 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 60,898 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 19% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 5.4% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 99% of homes; fibre 99%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 727 mm a year (1971–2000), about 620 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 33.1 °C, about 36.5 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 3 a year, about 1 by 2041–2070.

Around it

El Campillo · Valverde del Camino · Berrocal · La Zarza-Perrunal · Almonaster la Real · Paterna del Campo · Calañas