Province of Lugo

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).

Province of Lugo Provincia de Lugo (Spanish) Provincia de Lugo (Galician)
Province
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Galicia
Capital	Lugo
Municipalities	67
Government
• Body	Diputación de Lugo
• President	Darío Campos Conde (since 2015) (Socialists' Party of Galicia)
Area [1]
• Total	9,858.25 km2 (3,806.29 sq mi)
• Rank	26th in Spain
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	325,048
• Rank	39th in Spain
• Density	32.9722/km2 (85.3976/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Lugués (m), Luguesa (f) Lucense
Postal code	27---
ISO 3166 code	ES-LU
Parliament	15 deputies (out of 75)
Congress	4 deputies (out of 350)
Senate	4 senators (out of 264)
Website	deputacionlugo.gal

The population is 325,048, of which over a quarter live in the 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

Estuaries

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

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

Municipalities

Main article: List of municipalities in Lugo

• A Fonsagrada
• A Pastoriza
• A Pobra do Brollón
• A Pontenova
• Abadín
• Alfoz
• Antas de Ulla
• As Nogais
• Baleira
• Baralla
• Barreiros
• Becerreá
• Begonte
• Bóveda
• Burela
• Carballedo
• Castro de Rei
• Castroverde
• Cervantes
• Cervo
• Chantada
• Cospeito
• Folgoso do Courel
• Foz
• Friol
• Guitiriz
• Guntín
• Láncara
• Lourenzá
• Lugo
• Meira
• Mondoñedo
• Monforte de Lemos
• Monterroso
• Muras
• Navia de Suarna
• Negueira de Muñiz
• O Corgo
• O Incio
• O Páramo
• O Saviñao
• O Valadouro
• O Vicedo
• Ourol
• Outeiro de Rei
• Palas de Rei
• Pantón
• Paradela
• Pedrafita do Cebreiro
• Pol
• Portomarín
• Quiroga
• Rábade
• Ribadeo
• Ribas de Sil
• Ribeira de Piquín
• Riotorto
• Samos
• Sarria
• Sober
• Taboada
• Trabada
• Triacastela
• Vilalba
• Viveiro
• Xermade
• Xove

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1842 323,158 —     1857 424,186 +31.3% 1877 415,501 −2.0% 1887 438,076 +5.4% 1900 476,357 +8.7% 1910 512,467 +7.6% 1920 517,918 +1.1% 1930 523,911 +1.2% 1940 545,128 +4.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1950 521,213 −4.4% 1960 491,955 −5.6% 1970 423,064 −14.0% 1981 405,365 −4.2% 1991 384,365 −5.2% 2001 357,648 −7.0% 2011 348,067 −2.7% 2021 326,068 −6.3%
Source: INE[3]

Foreign population by country of birth (2024)^[2]

Country	Population
Colombia	5,247
Venezuela	3,606
Morocco	2,931
Cuba	2,345
Dominican Republic	2,130
Brazil	1,918
Romania	1,788
Portugal	1,742
Peru	1,688
Argentina	1,478
Switzerland	1,232
France	931
United Kingdom	689
Uruguay	630
Honduras	491

As of 2024, the foreign-born population is 35,480, equal to 10.9% of the total population. The 5 largest foreign nationalities are Colombians (5,247), Venezuelans (3,606), Moroccans (2,931), Cubans (2,345) and Dominicans (2,130).^[2]

Languages

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.