Lieto

Lieto (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈlie̯to]; Swedish: Lundo) is a municipality of Finland.

Lieto Lundo
Municipality
Liedon kunta Lundo kommun
Coat of arms
Location of Lieto in Finland
Coordinates: 60°30.3′N 022°27.5′E
Country	Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Turku sub-region
Founded	1331
Government
• Municipal manager	Esko Poikela
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	302.56 km^2 (116.82 sq mi)
• Land	198.51 km^2 (76.65 sq mi)
• Water	1.66 km^2 (0.64 sq mi)
Area rank	235th largest in Finland
Population  (2020-07-31)[2]
• Total	20,084
• Rank	56th largest in Finland
• Density	101.17/km^2 (262.0/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	97.3% (official)
• Swedish	1%
• Others	1.6%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	21.8%
• 15 to 64	64.7%
• 65 or older	13.5%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]	18.5%
Climate	Dfb
Website	www.lieto.fi

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 20,084 (31 July 2020)[2] and covers an area of 302.56 square kilometres (116.82 sq mi) of which 1.66 km² (0.64 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 101.17 inhabitants per square kilometre (262.0/sq mi).

Neighbour municipalities are Aura, Kaarina, Marttila, Paimio, Pöytyä and Turku.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Lieto has a medieval stone church, St. Peter's church, that originates from around 1500 near the city center.

The municipality is also home to the largest local scout troop in Finland, called LEK or Liedon Eränkävijät.

References

1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

External links

• Media related to Lieto at Wikimedia Commons
• Municipality of Lieto – Official website
• Danish Media Company - Lieto – Website
• St. Peter's Church in Lieto (in Finnish)