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Province of Lugo

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Province of Lugo
Provincia de Lugo (Spanish)
Provincia de Lugo (Galician)
Province
Flag of Province of Lugo
Flag
Coat of arms of Province of Lugo
Coat of arms
Location of the Province of Lugo in Spain
Location of the Province of Lugo in Spain
Country Spain
Autonomous community Galicia
CapitalLugo
Municipalities67
Government
 • BodyDiputación de Lugo
 • PresidentDarío Campos Conde (since 2015) (Socialists' Party of Galicia)
Area
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 • Total
9,858.39 km2 (3,806.35 sq mi)
 • Rank26th in Spain
Population
 (2025)[2]
 • Total
326,022
 • Rank40th in Spain
 • Density33.0705/km2 (85.6522/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Lugués (m), Luguesa (f)
Lucense
Postal code
27---
ISO 3166 codeES-LU
Parliament15 deputies (out of 75)
Congress4 deputies (out of 350)
Senate4 senators (out of 264)
Websitedeputacionlugo.gal

The Province of Lugo (Spanish: Provincia de Lugo, Galician: Provincia de Lugo) is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Ourense, Pontevedra, A Coruña, and León, the principality of Asturias, and in the north by the Cantabrian Sea (Bay of Biscay).

The population is 325,048, of which over a quarter live in the namesake capital Lugo. The capital city was an ancient Celtic settlement named in honour of the god Lugh (see Lyon), later Latinised as Lucus Augusti, and which became one of the three main important Galician-Roman centres alongside Braccara Augusta and Asturica Augusta (modern Braga and Astorga respectively). The province has 67 municipalities.

Geography

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Estuaries

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The estuaries of the Lugo province are part of the Atlas estuaries. From west to east they are:

  • O Barqueiro estuary
  • Viveiro estuary
  • Foz estuary
  • Ribadeo estuary

Rivers

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  • Miño river
  • Sil river
  • Landro river
  • Ouro river
  • Masmo river

Municipalities

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The province has 67 municipalities:

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
1842323,158—    
1857424,186+31.3%
1877415,501−2.0%
1887438,076+5.4%
1900476,357+8.7%
1910512,467+7.6%
1920517,918+1.1%
1930523,911+1.2%
1940545,128+4.0%
1950521,213−4.4%
1960491,955−5.6%
1970423,064−14.0%
1981405,365−4.2%
1991384,365−5.2%
2001357,648−7.0%
2011348,067−2.7%
2021326,068−6.3%
Source: INE[3]

As of 2026, the population is 326,022, of which 48.5% are male, and 51.5% are female. Minors make up 12.2% of the population, and seniors make up 30.2%.[2]

Immigration

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As of 2025, immigrants make up 12.2% of the population. The 5 largest foreign countries of birth are Colombia, Venezuela, Morocco, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic.[2]

Languages

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The vast majority of people have a common language, Galician. Some people, especially the older generation, are monolingual in Galician. Even in the capital, the vitality of Galician in conversation is very strong.

The inhabitants speak several variants of Galician in the province of Lugo. They have the characteristics of being the closest to León isoglosses and therefore also Castilian. That makes them they some grammatical and phonetic signs that are mistakenly considered influences of Castilian or of Leonese. However, the Galician spoken in Lugo, especially in non-coastal areas, is probably the most conservative in Galicia because almost no historic pressure [citation needed] from Castilian has existed on the rural population.

References

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  1. ↑ "Información Geográfica Destacada" [Geographical information data] (in Spanish). IGN.
  2. 1 2 3 "Annual population census 2021-2025". INE.
  3. ↑ "INEbase. Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842". National Statistics Institute.

See also

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43°00′N 7°30′W / 43.000°N 7.500°W / 43.000; -7.500

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