Lieto
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Province | Western Finland |
Region | Finland Proper |
Sub-region | Turku |
City manager | Terhi Isotalo |
Official languages | Finnish |
Area - total - land |
ranked 329th 200.46 km² 199.19 km² |
Population - total (2006) - change - density |
ranked 68th 15,415 + 1.2 % 74/km² |
Urbanisation | 85.0 % |
Unemployment rate | 5.0 % |
http://www.lieto.fi/ |
Lieto (IPA: [ˈlieto]), or Lundo in Swedish, is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of 15,415 (2006-12-31) and covers an area of 200.46 km² of which 1.27 km² is water. The population density is 74 inhabitants per km².
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Lieto has a medieval stone church, St. Peter's church, that originates from around 1500 near the city centre.
[edit] External links
- Municipality website in Finnish
- St. Peter's Church in Lieto in Finnish