Lieto
Lieto
Lundo | |
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Municipality | |
| Liedon kunta Lundo kommun | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Lieto in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°30.3′N 022°27.5′E / 60.5050°N 22.4583°ECoordinates: 60°30.3′N 022°27.5′E / 60.5050°N 22.4583°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 km2 (116.82 sq mi) |
| • Land | 198.51 km2 (76.65 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.66 km2 (0.64 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 235th largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-03-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 20,194 |
| • Rank | 55th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 101.73/km2 (263.5/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 97.3% (official) |
| • Swedish | 1% |
| • Others | 1.6% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 19.5% |
| • 15 to 64 | 60.8% |
| • 65 or older | 19.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.75% |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www.lieto.fi |
Lieto (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈlie̯to]; 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 20,194 (31 March 2021)[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 101.73 inhabitants per square kilometre (263.5/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[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M03*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
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)
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