Lieto

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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  (2024-08-31)[2]
• Total	20,620
• Rank	52nd largest in Finland
• Density	68.61/km2 (177.7/sq mi)
Population by native language [2]
• Finnish	94% (official)
• Swedish	1.5%
• Others	4.5%
Population by age [3]
• 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	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 20,620 (31 August 2024)^[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 68.61 inhabitants per square kilometre (177.7/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.^{[citation needed]}

Lieto was changed to a city in July 2022.