Lemu Lemu – Lemo | |
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| Lemun kunta Lemo kommun | |
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| Country | Finland |
| Province | Western Finland |
| Region | Southwest Finland |
| Sub-region | Turku |
| Merged into Masku | January 1, 2009 |
| Government | |
| • City manager | Rauli Lumio |
| Area | |
| • Total | 47.25 km2 (18.24 sq mi) |
| • Land | 47.14 km2 (18.20 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.11 km2 (0.04 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 420th |
| Population (2003) | |
| • Total | 1,548 |
| • Rank | 378th |
| • Density | 33/km2 (85/sq mi) |
| +1.2 % change | |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Official languages | Finnish |
| Urbanisation | 63.2% |
| Unemployment rate | 5.5% |
| Website | http://www.lemu.fi/ |
Lemu (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈlemu]; Swedish: Lemo) is a former municipality of Finland and an old church parish dating back to the middle ages. Together with Askainen, the municipality was consolidated with Masku on January 1, 2009.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 1,603 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 47.25 km² (18.24 sq mi) (excluding sea) of which 0.11 km² (0.04 sq mi) is inland water. The population density was 34.01 inhabitants per km² (88/sq mi).
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
See also
- Battle of Lemo
External links
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Media related to Lemu at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Lemu – Official website (in Finnish)