Cervantes, Lugo

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Cervantes
Municipality
Town hall.
Coat of arms
Location of Cervantes
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Galicia
Province	Lugo
Comarca	Os Ancares
Government
• Alcalde	Benigno Gómez Tadín (PSdeG–PSOE)
Demonym(s)	cervantego, -a
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	27664
Website	Official website

Cervantes is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Os Ancares.

It had a population of 1,973 in 2005, and has an area of 277 square kilometres. Its highest point is Mustellar (1924 m), in the Ancares mountains.

Until the second half of the 20th century this part of Spain was isolated. Many settlements had no road access or electricity and were cut off by snow in winter. Communities were small and self-sufficient. This way of life is shown in the small museum at Piornedo which is located in a preserved palloza.

The main economic activities in 2006 were agriculture, forestry and tourism.