Lieto
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| Province | Western Finland |
| Region | Finland Proper |
| Sub-region | Turku |
| City manager | Sauli Ahopelto |
| Official languages | Finnish |
| Area - total - land |
ranked 329th 200.46 km² 199.19 km² |
| Population - total (2005) - change - density |
ranked 68th 15,103 + 1.2 % 75.3/km² |
| Urbanisation | 85.0 % |
| Unemployment rate | 4.6 % |
| 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 15,103 (2005-12-31) and covers an area of 200.46 km² of which 1.27 km² is water. The population density is 75.34 inhabitants per km².
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Lieto has a medieval stone church that originates from around 1500 near the city centre [1].