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{{Other uses}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Lugo | official_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Spain|Municipality]] | total_type = | motto = | image_skyline = {{Multiple image | perrow = 1/2/2 | border = infobox | total_width = 280 | caption_align = center | image1 = Muralla_Catedral_Lugo_edited.jpg | caption1 = View of Lugo | image2 = Lugo Cathedral 2023 - West Façade.jpg | caption2 = [[Lugo Cathedral|Cathedral]] | image3 = Casa Consistorial de la Ciudad de Lugo edited.jpg | caption3 = City Hall | image4 = Lugo, Círculo das Artes.jpg | caption4 = Círculo das Artes | image5 = Muralla.Lugo.Galicia.jpg | caption5 = [[Roman walls of Lugo|Roman Walls]] | image6 = Museo provincial de Lugo.jpg | caption6 = Provincial Museum | image7 = Ponte Romana de Lugo, río Miño, Galicia, España.jpg | caption7 = [[Roman bridge of Lugo|Roman Bridge]] }} | image_flag = Bandera de Lugo.svg | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = Coat of Arms of Lugo (2012).svg | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | image_map = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=285|frame-height=180|frame-align=center|frame-coordinates={{Coord|39.5|N|3.7|W}}|zoom=4|type=point|title=Lugo|marker=city|type2=shape|stroke-width2=2|stroke-color2=#808080|text=Interactive map of Lugo.}} | map_caption = Location of Lugo | subdivision_type = [[Country]] | subdivision_name = [[Spain]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Autonomous Community]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Province]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Lugo (province)|Lugo]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Comarcas of Galicia|Comarca]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Lugo (comarca)|Lugo]] | parts_type = [[Parroquia (Spain)|Parishes]] | parts_style = para | government_type = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–council]] | governing_body = Concello de Lugo | leader_party = [[Socialists' Party of Galicia|PSdeG–PSOE]] | leader_title = [[Alcalde|Mayor]] | leader_name = Miguel Fernández<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/lugo/lugo/2025/03/05/miguel-fernandez-sera-nuevo-alcalde-lugo/00031741168960249515715.htm|title=Miguel Fernández será el nuevo alcalde de Lugo|date=5 March 2025|newspaper=La Voz de Galicia|access-date=10 March 2025|language=es}}</ref> | established_title = | established_date = | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 332 | area_land_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 465 | elevation_ft = | population_note = | population_as_of = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} | population_total = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_metro = | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = | population_demonym = lucense <br /> lugués/a | timezone1 = CET (GMT +1) | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = CEST (GMT +2) | utc_offset1_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|43|01|N|7|33|W|region:ES|display=inline,title}} | postal_code_type = Postcode | postal_code = from 27001 to 27004 | area_code = +34-982 | website = http://concellodelugo.gal/ | blank_name_sec1 = [[ISO 3166-2:ES|ISO 3166-2]] | blank_info_sec1 = ES-LU | blank_name_sec2 = [[Patron Saint]] | blank_info_sec2 = Saint Froilán | module = | footnotes = }} '''Lugo''' ({{IPA|gl|ˈluɣo|lang}}, {{IPA|es|ˈluɣo|lang|Pronunciation_of_Lugo_in_Spanish.ogg}}) is a city in northwestern [[Spain]] in the [[autonomous communities of Spain|autonomous community]] of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]]. It is the capital of the [[Lugo (province)|province of Lugo]]. The municipality had a population of 100,060 in 2024, making it the fourth most populous city in Galicia.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.nosdiario.gal/articulo/social/lugo-supera-primeira-vez-10000-habitantes-xa-cuarta-cidade-galega/20240625133510200984.html |title= Lugo supera por primeira vez os 100.00 habitantes censados e xa é a cuarta cidade galega |website=www.nosdiario.gal|access-date=2024-06-25}}</ref> Lugo is the only city in the world to be surrounded by completely intact [[Roman walls of Lugo|Roman walls]], which reach a height of {{convert|10|to|15|m|ft|0|abbr=off}} along a {{convert|2117|m|ft|adj=on|0}} circuit ringed with 71 towers. The walk along the top is continuous around the circuit and features ten gates. The 3rd century Roman walls, the only one of its kind in the world, are protected by [[UNESCO]] as a [[World Heritage Site]]. The [[Roman bridge of Lugo|city's historic bridge]] over the [[Minho (river)|Miño]] is also essentially of Roman date. The city of Lugo is along the [[Camino Primitivo]] path of the [[Camino de Santiago]].
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