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Lieto (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈlie̯to]; 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 20,084 (31 July 2020) and covers an area of 302.56 square kilometres (116.82 sq mi) of which 1.66 km2 (0.64 sq mi) is water. The population density is 101.17 inhabitants per square kilometre (262.0/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. The municipality is also home to the largest local scout troop in Finland, called LEK or Liedon Eränkävijät.