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{{Infobox settlement<br />
|name = Lieto<br />
| official_name = {{lang|fi|Liedon kaupunki}}<br />{{lang|sv|Lundo stad}}<br />
| other_name = Lundo<br />
| settlement_type = Town<br />
| image_skyline = View from Vanhalinna at sunset 2013.jpg<br />
| image_shield = Lieto vaakuna.svg<br />
| shield_size = 120x80px<br />
| image_map = Lieto sijainti Suomi.svg<br />
| map_caption = Location of Lieto in [[Finland]]<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|60|30.3|N|022|27.5|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
|subdivision_type = Country<br />
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Finland|Region]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Southwest Finland]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[Sub-regions of Finland|Sub-region]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Turku sub-region]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = Metropolitan area<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Turku metropolitan area]]<br />
| leader_title = Town manager<br />
| leader_name = Mika Ingi<br />
| established_title = Founded<br />
| established_date = 1331<br />
|area_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|area_footnotes|Lieto}}<br />
|area_total_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_total_km2|Lieto}}<br />
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|area_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|area_rank|Lieto}}<br />
|population_as_of = {{Data Finland municipality|population_as_of|Lieto}}<br />
|population_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|population_footnotes|Lieto}}<br />
|population_total = {{Data Finland municipality|population_total|Lieto}}<br />
|population_density_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|population_density_km2|Lieto}}<br />
|population_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|population_rank|Lieto}}<br />
|demographics_type1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics_type1|Lieto}}<br />
|demographics1_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|population_footnotes|Lieto}}<br />
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|demographics2_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_footnotes|Lieto}}<br />
|demographics2_title1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title1|Lieto}}<br />
|demographics2_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info1|Lieto}}<br />
|demographics2_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title2|Lieto}}<br />
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|blank_name = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_name|Lieto}}<br />
|blank_info = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_info|Lieto}}<br />
| blank3_name = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]<br />
| blank3_info = [[Humid continental climate#Mild/cool summer subtype|Dfb]]<br />
|timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]<br />
|utc_offset = +02:00<br />
|timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]<br />
|utc_offset_DST = +03:00<br />
| website = {{Official URL}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Lieto''' ({{IPA|fi|ˈlie̯to}}; {{langx|sv|Lundo}}) is a [[municipalities of Finland|town and municipality]] of [[Finland]].<br />
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It is located in the [[provinces of Finland|province]] of [[Western Finland]] and is part of the [[Southwest Finland]] [[regions of Finland|region]]. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Lieto}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }})<ref name="population_count" /> and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Lieto}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Lieto}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The population density is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Lieto|round=2}}|PD/km2}}.<br />
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Neighbour municipalities are [[Aura, Finland|Aura]], [[Kaarina]], [[Marttila]], [[Paimio]], [[Pöytyä]] and [[Turku]].<br />
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The town is unilingually [[Finnish language|Finnish]].<br />
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Lieto has a [[medieval]] stone church, St. Peter's church, that originates from around 1500 near the town center.<br />
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The is also home to the largest local scout troop in Finland, called LEK or Liedon Eränkävijät.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}<br />
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Lieto was changed to a town in July 2022.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
Lieto's landscape is dominated by fields, intersected by the [[Aura River (Finland)|Aura River]] and its largest tributary, the [[Savijoki (Lieto)|Savijoki]]. The Aura River features three significant rapids within Lieto: [[Nautelankoski]], [[Vierunkoski]], and [[Vääntelänkoski]]. The town's highest point is [[Hyypiövuori]], rising to 90 meters.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Södersved |first=Jan |title=Kotiseutumme Varikuvina – Lieto |publisher=Aero-kuva Oy |year=2008 |isbn=978-952-5467-76-5}}</ref><br />
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In the Tarvasjoki area annexed to Lieto in 2015 flows to the [[Paimionjoki|Paimio River]] and its largest tributary, the [[Tarvasjoki (river)|Tarvasjoki]].<br />
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Lieto's only [[Natura 2000]] site, Nautelankoski, is a large rapids area surrounded by various habitat types, such as riverbank groves, rocky meadows, and grasslands.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ymparisto.fi/fi-FI/Luonto/Suojelualueet/Natura_2000_alueet/Nautelankoski(5875) |title=Nautelankoski |website=Ympäristö |access-date=27 February 2018}}</ref><br />
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[[File:Liedon lukio.jpg|thumb|Lieto Upper Secondary School]]<br />
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===Districts===<br />
The town of Lieto is divided into seven (7) districts.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://kartta.lieto.fi/?link=2892Gk |title=Lieto Map Service |website=kartta.lieto.fi |access-date=29 April 2022}}</ref> These cover the entire city area and are used in statistical reporting.<br />
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* Asemanseutu<br />
* [[Ilmarinen (Lieto)|Ilmarinen]]<br />
* Kirkonseutu<br />
* [[Littoinen]]<br />
* [[Loukinainen]]<br />
* [[Tarvasjoki]]<br />
* [[Yliskulma]]<br />
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[[File:Loukinaisten koulu Lieto Finland.jpg|thumb|Elementary school in Loukinainen]]<br />
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===Villages===<br />
[[Alhojoki]], [[Ankka (Lieto)|Ankka]], [[Hakula]], [[Hihnala]] (Hihna), [[Hiisi (Lieto)|Hiisi]], [[Huilu (Lieto)|Huilu]], [[Hyssälä (Lieto)|Hyssälä]], Hyvättylä, [[Ilmarinen (Lieto)|Ilmarinen]], [[Inkoinen (Lieto)|Inkoinen]], [[Kahloja]], [[Karvala (Lieto)|Karvala]], [[Kaskala]], [[Kaurinkoski]], [[Keppola]], [[Ketola (Lieto)|Ketola]], [[Kilpijoki (Lieto)|Kilpijoki]], [[Kiusala]], [[Kurkela (Lieto)|Kurkela]], [[Käipilä]], [[Kärpijoki]], [[Laitio]], [[Lintula (Lieto)|Lintula]], [[Littoinen]], [[Lommola]], [[Loukinainen]], [[Mellilä (Lieto)|Mellilä]], [[Moisio (Lieto)|Moisio]], [[Mäkkylä (Lieto)|Mäkkylä]], [[Nautela]], [[Nuolemo]], [[Paappala]], [[Pahka (Lieto)|Pahka]], [[Pettinen]], [[Pokkola]], [[Pränikkälä]], [[Punittu]], [[Puntamäki]], [[Pyhältö (Lieto)|Pyhältö]], [[Raukkala]], [[Rähälä]], [[Saukonoja]], [[Sauvala]], [[Sikilä]], [[Sillilä]], [[Taatila (Lieto)|Taatila]], [[Tammentaka]], [[Teijula]], [[Tootula]], [[Torstila]], [[Vankio]], [[Vanhalinna]], [[Viikka]], [[Vintala]], [[Vääntelä]], [[Yliskulma]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://hiski.genealogia.fi/seurakunnat/srk?CMD=SRK&ID=296&TYPE=HTML&LANG=FI |title=Lieto |publisher=The Genealogical Society of Finland |access-date=15 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924145112/http://hiski.genealogia.fi/seurakunnat/srk?CMD=SRK&ID=296&TYPE=HTML&LANG=FI |archive-date=24 September 2018}}</ref><br />
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===Urban Areas===<br />
At the end of 2020, Lieto had 20,146 inhabitants, of whom 16,906 lived in urban areas, 3,121 in sparsely populated areas, and 119 had an unknown residence. The urbanization rate is 84.4%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population structure |url=https://pxdata.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11s6.px/ |publisher=Statistics Finland |access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref><br />
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The urban population is divided into six urban areas:<ref name="urban2021">{{Cite web |url=https://pxdata.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11s7.px/ |title=Urban and rural population by age and gender by municipality |publisher=Statistics Finland |access-date=3 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428214238/https://pxdata.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11s7.px/ |archive-date=28 April 2021}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! # !! Urban Area !! Population (31 Dec 2020)<br />
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| 1 || '''[[Turku Central Urban Area]]'''* || align="right" | 14,319<br />
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| 2 || [[Lieto Railway Area]]* || align="right" | 1,152<br />
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| 3 || [[Tarvasjoki Church Village]] || align="right" | 884<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || [[Jäkärlä]]* || align="right" | 257<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || [[Yliskulma]] || align="right" | 250<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || [[Paattinen (urban area)|Paattinen]]* || align="right" | 44<br />
|}<br />
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The town's '''central urban area''' is in bold. Asterisks (*) indicate urban areas that only partially lie within the municipality. Lieto's church village, Ilmarinen, and Loukinainen do not form their own urban areas, but are part of the Turku Central Urban Area, which extends into several neighboring municipalities.<ref name="urban2021"/> The Turku Central Urban Area has 272,230 residents and covers an area of 280.82&nbsp;km².<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pxdata.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_027_en.px |title=Urban areas by population and density |publisher=Statistics Finland |access-date=5 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222220027/http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_027_en.px |archive-date=22 December 2017}}</ref> The Jäkärlä and Paattinen urban areas also mainly lie within the city of Turku. The Lieto Railway Area slightly extends into the municipality of Aura.<br />
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[[File:Liedon lukion takapiha.jpg|thumb|Backyard of Lieto Upper Secondary School]]<br />
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Only the church villages of Lieto and Tarvasjoki have urban area traffic signs.<br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Liedon osuuskauppa 1934.jpg|thumb|left|Lieto Cooperative Store in 1934]]<br />
[[File:Lieto ja Aura alueliitokset.svg|thumb|Map of the municipal mergers of Lieto and Aura. The main part of Aura was previously part of the Prunkkala chapel parish under Lieto. Tarvasjoki municipality was merged with Lieto in 2015.]]<br />
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Archaeological findings in Lieto indicate that the area has been inhabited since the Stone and Bronze Ages. [[Liedon Vanhalinna|Vanhalinna of Lieto]] is one of Finland's ancient hillforts. Numerous Iron Age and medieval artifacts have been discovered in the hillfort area of Vanhalinna.<br />
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A document from 1331 survives in which Lieto's parish priest, Pietari, is mentioned for the first time. As a result, the founding year of the Lieto parish and church is considered to be 1331.<br />
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In June 2014, the [[Government of Finland]] decided, under the 2013 municipal structure law, to merge [[Tarvasjoki]] with Lieto. The merger came into effect on 1 January 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tarvasjoki to be forcibly merged with Lieto |url=http://www.ts.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/640468/Tarvasjoki+pakkoliitetaan+Lietoon |website=Turun Sanomat |access-date=12 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714181703/http://www.ts.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/640468/Tarvasjoki+pakkoliitetaan+Lietoon |archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref><br />
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In May 2022, the municipal council of Lieto decided to adopt the status of a town.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ts.fi/uutiset/5672317 |title=Lieto will officially become a town – as soon as possible |first=Anne |last=Savolainen |website=Turun Sanomat |date=30 May 2022 |access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref> The proposal was made by municipal manager Mika Ingi, who argued that town status could improve Lieto's position within the new [[Wellbeing services county of Southwest Finland|wellbeing services county]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12453302 |title=Municipal Manager Mika Ingi wants Lieto to be among the towns |first=Hannu |last=Vähämäki |website=Yle News |date=19 May 2022 |access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Economy==<br />
In 2016, the largest corporate income tax payers in Lieto were [[Liedon Säästöpankki]] (Lieto Savings Bank), I.S. Mäkinen Oy, a company specializing in cruise ship interiors, and [[Carrus Delta]], a manufacturer of bus bodies.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9262761#Lieto |title=Corporate tax data for the Lieto area |website=Yle |access-date=26 February 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Notable residents==<br />
* [[Liisa Hyssälä]] (b. 1948), Member of Parliament (Centre Party), Doctor of Dentistry<ref name="ked">{{Cite web |url=https://www.is.fi/politiikka/art-2000010388137.html |title=Huge search engine released – see how many MPs come from your hometown |publisher=Ilta-Sanomat |date=27 April 2024 |author=Erno Laisi & Lauri Nuoska |access-date=2024-05-09}}</ref><br />
* [[Marjukka Parpola]] (b. 1967), Member of Parliament (National Coalition Party), CEO<ref name="ked"/><br />
* [[Anne-Mari Virolainen]] (b. 1965), Member of Parliament (National Coalition Party)<ref name="ked"/><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{commons category-inline}}<br />
*[https://lieto.fi/ Municipality of Lieto] – Official website<br />
*[https://www.liedonseurakunta.fi/kirkot-ja-tilat/kirkot/pyhan-pietarin-kirkko St. Peter's Church in Lieto] {{in lang|fi}}<br />
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{{Geographic location<br />
| Centre = Lieto<br />
| N = [[Aura, Finland|Aura]], [[Pöytyä]]<br />
| E = [[Marttila]]<br />
| S = [[Kaarina]], [[Paimio]]<br />
| W = [[Turku]]<br />
}}<br />
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{{Authority control}}<br />
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[[Category:Turku metropolitan area]]<br />
[[Category:Populated places established in the 1330s]]<br />
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