Lieto
| Lieto | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Liedon kunta | ||
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 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 (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 (2015-06-30)[2] | ||
| • Total | 19,256 | |
| • Rank | 72nd largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 97/km2 (250/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 19,256 (30 June 2015)[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 97 inhabitants per square kilometre (250/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 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.06.2015" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ "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 and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
External links
Media related to Lieto at Wikimedia Commons- Municipality of Lieto – Official website
- St. Peter's Church in Lieto (Finnish)
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