Lieto

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

Lieto
Lundo
City
Liedon kaupunki
Lundo stad
Coat of arms of Lieto
Coat of arms
Location of Lieto in Finland
Location of Lieto in Finland
Coordinates: 60°30.3′N 022°27.5′E
Country Finland
RegionSouthwest Finland
Sub-regionTurku sub-region
Founded1331
Government
 • City managerMika Ingi
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total302.56 km2 (116.82 sq mi)
 • Land198.51 km2 (76.65 sq mi)
 • Water1.66 km2 (0.64 sq mi)
 • Rank235th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-02-28)[2]
 • Total20,496
 • Rank55th largest in Finland
 • Density103.25/km2 (267.4/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish97.3% (official)
 • Swedish1%
 • Others1.6%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1419.5%
 • 15 to 6460.8%
 • 65 or older19.7%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
ClimateDfb
Websitewww.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 20,496 (28 February 2023)[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 103.25 inhabitants per square kilometre (267.4/sq mi).

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

The city is unilingually Finnish.

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

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

Lieto was changed to a city in July 2022.


References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Preliminary population structure by area, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  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 (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.


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