Lieto

Lieto
Municipality
Liedon kunta

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; 22.4583Coordinates: 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
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.

References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  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.


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