Lugar (country subdivision)

Lugar is a name for a type of country subdivision in Portugal and Spain.[1]

Spain

In Spain, the Lugar is one of the categories in the official gazetteer of population entities. In the Royal Order and Instruction of the 8 of March of 1930,[1] issued for the elaboration of the Annual gazetteer, the Lugar is defined as the population entity designated with that title, and also having their dwellings distributed in streets and plazas. As a general rule, the term Lugar indicates the related population entity that has or has had a jurisdictional term.

References

1. España. Ministerio de Trabajo y Previsión. Jefatura del Servicio General de Estadística (8 March 1930). "Real orden e instrucción de 8 de marzo de 1930 para llevar a efecto la estadística de edificios y albergues de España y sus posesiones". classic.europeana.eu (in Spanish). Spain: Europeana Collections. An initiative of the European Union. p. 8,9. Retrieved 7 November 2020.