Lemu (; ) is a former municipality of

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and an old church parish dating to the

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. Together with

Askainen Askainen (; ) is a former municipality of Finland. Together with Lemu, it was consolidated with Masku on January 1, 2009. It is located in southwestern part of the country in the Varsinais-Suomi region. The municipality had a population of 9 ...

, the municipality was consolidated with

Masku Masku () is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. 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, which is located about j ...

on January 1, 2009. It is located in the

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and is part of the

Southwest Finland Southwest Finland (, ; ) is a Regions of Finland, region ('','' ) of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Uusimaa, and Åland. The regional capital and most populous city is Tu ...

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. 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

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was 34.01 inhabitants per km² (88/sq mi). The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

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Municipality of Lemu
– Official website Former municipalities of Finland Populated places disestablished in 2009 2009 disestablishments in Finland {{WesternFinland-geo-stub

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