Lieto

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Lieto
Municipality
Liedon kunta
Coat of arms of Lieto
Coat of arms
Location of Lieto in Finland
Location of Lieto in Finland
Country  Finland
Region Southwest Finland
Sub-region Turku sub-region
Founded 1331
Government
 • Municipal manager Esko Poikela
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
 • Total 200.17 km2 (77.29 sq mi)
 • Land 198.51 km2 (76.65 sq mi)
 • Water 1.66 km2 (0.64 sq mi)
Area rank 301st largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)[2]
 • Total 19,239
 • Rank 72nd largest in Finland
 • Density 96.92/km2 (251.0/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 EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 18.5%
Climate Dfb
Website www.lieto.fi

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

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 19,239 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 200.17 square kilometres (77.29 sq mi) of which 1.66 km2 (0.64 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 96.92 inhabitants per square kilometre (251.0/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.

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