Zeberio

Can you build a house on rustic land?

The Basque Country 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 2/2006, art. 28. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2022. 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?

No well or borehole is recorded in Zeberio. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 5 springs are recorded.

Ground: 95% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 2 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 34 ha in all, the latest in 2022.
• 0.5% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 0.5% in the 500-year one.
• 0.5% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 2.6% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 2.6% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 87%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 1,109 mm a year (1971–2000), about 934 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 23.9 °C, about 26.4 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 12 a year, about 5 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Ugao-Miraballes · Arantzazu · Usansolo · Artea · Zaratamo · Bedia · Igorre · Arrankudiaga-Zollo