Laitila
Town in Southwest Finland, Finland
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Laitila (Finnish: [ˈlɑi̯tilɑ]; Swedish: Letala[5]) is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region, and it is 59 kilometres (37 mi) from Laitila to Turku. The municipality has a population of 8,492 (30 June 2025)[3] and covers an area of 545.32 square kilometres (210.55 sq mi) of which 13.65 km2 (5.27 sq mi) is water.[2] The population density is 15.97 inhabitants per square kilometre (41.4/sq mi). The municipality is monolingually Finnish.
Laitila
Letala | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Laitilan kaupunki Letala stad | |
Laitila Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Egg Capital of Finland[1] | |
 Location of Laitila in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°53′N 021°42′E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Southwest Finland |
| Sub-region | Vakka-Suomi |
| Charter | 1868 |
| City rights | 1986 |
| Government | |
| • Town manager | Johanna Luukkonen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 545.32 km2 (210.55 sq mi) |
| • Land | 531.88 km2 (205.36 sq mi) |
| • Water | 13.65 km2 (5.27 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 164th largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-06-30)[3] | |
• Total | 8,492 |
| • Rank | 114th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 15.97/km2 (41.4/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 86.6% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.3% |
| • Others | 13.1% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 16.2% |
| • 15 to 64 | 58.4% |
| • 65 or older | 25.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www |
Laitila is renowned for its poultry farms and "egg festival" (Laitilan Munamarkkinat),[6] which is why the subject of the municipal coat of arms of Laitila also refers to the parish's fame for chicken care.[7] There is much demand for Laitila-based chicken eggs, as the local egg producer company Munax, among other things, has even planned to export eggs to South Korea.[8] Laitila has also been called the "egg capital of Finland".[1]
Culture
Laitila has many Iron Age antiquities, the most famous of which are the so-called the warrior's grave of Kodjala.[9] Finland's oldest glass object, the Roman-era drinking horn, has been found in Laitila's Soukainen village.[10] The nationally significant built cultural environments defined by the Finnish Heritage Agency in 2009 in Laitila include the Untamala[11] and Suontaka villages[12] and the Koukkela's the peasant house of Kauppila.[13]
People
- Kaarlo Heininen (1853–1926)
- Pasi Saarela (born 1973)
- Mika Kares (born 1978)
- Valle Mäkelä (born 1986)
- Markus Seikola (born 1992)
- Susanna Tapani (born 1993)
