Lieto

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City in Southwest Finland, Finland

Lieto Lundo
City
Liedon kaupunki Lundo stad

Coat of arms
Location of Lieto in Finland
Coordinates: 60°30.3′N 022°27.5′E / 60.5050°N 22.4583°E / 60.5050; 22.4583
Country	Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Turku sub-region
Metropolitan area	Turku metropolitan area
Founded	1331
Government
• City manager	Mika Ingi
Area (2018-01-01)^[1]
• Total	302.56 km² (116.82 sq mi)
• Land	300.54 km² (116.04 sq mi)
• Water	1.66 km² (0.64 sq mi)
• Rank	235th largest in Finland
Population (2023-12-31)^[2]
• Total	20,635
• Rank	52nd largest in Finland
• Density	68.66/km² (177.8/sq mi)
Population by native language ^[3]
• Finnish	94.4% (official)
• Swedish	1.5%
• Others	4.1%
Population by age ^[4]
• 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)
Climate	Dfb
Website	www.lieto.fi

Lieto (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈlie̯to]; Swedish: Lundo) is a city and 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 20,635 (31 December 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 68.66 inhabitants per square kilometre (177.8/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

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.