Laitila

Laitila
Letala
Town
Laitilan kaupunki
Letala stad
Laitila Church
Laitila Church
Coat of arms of Laitila
Coat of arms
Nickname: 
Egg Capital of Finland
Location of Laitila in Finland
Location of Laitila in Finland
Interactive map of Laitila
Coordinates: 60°53′N 021°42′E / 60.883°N 21.700°E / 60.883; 21.700
Country Finland
RegionSouthwest Finland
Sub-regionVakka-Suomi
Charter1868
City rights1986
Government
 • Town managerJohanna Luukkonen
Area
 (2018-01-01)
 • Total
545.32 km2 (210.55 sq mi)
 • Land531.88 km2 (205.36 sq mi)
 • Water13.65 km2 (5.27 sq mi)
 • Rank164th largest in Finland
Population
 (2025-12-31)
 • Total
8,400
 • Rank114th largest in Finland
 • Density15.79/km2 (40.9/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish85.6% (official)
 • Swedish0.3%
 • Others14.1%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1416.2%
 • 15 to 6458.4%
 • 65 or older25.3%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
ClimateDfb
Websitewww.laitila.fi/en/ Edit this at Wikidata

Laitila (Finnish: [ˈlɑi̯tilɑ]; Swedish: Letala) 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 8,400 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 545.32 square kilometres (210.55 sq mi) of which 13.65 km2 (5.27 sq mi) is water. The population density is 15.79 inhabitants per square kilometre (40.9/sq mi). The municipality is monolingually Finnish.

Laitila is renowned for its poultry farms and "egg festival" (Laitilan Munamarkkinat), which is why the subject of the municipal coat of arms of Laitila also refers to the parish's fame for chicken care. 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. Laitila has also been called the "egg capital of Finland".

Culture

Laitila has many Iron Age antiquities, the most famous of which are the so-called the warrior's grave of Kodjala. Finland's oldest glass object, the Roman-era drinking horn, has been found in Laitila's Soukainen village. The nationally significant built cultural environments defined by the Finnish Heritage Agency in 2009 in Laitila include the Untamala and Suontaka villages and the Koukkela's the peasant house of Kauppila.

People

See also

References

  1. 1 2 TS: Laitila on Suomen munapääkaupunki (in Finnish)
  2. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Population growth slowed down in 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 1 April 2026. ISSN 2243-3627. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Namn på kommuner från finska till svenska; Kotimaisten kielten keskus (in Swedish)
  6. ↑ Laitilan Munamarkkinat (in Finnish)
  7. ↑ Suomen kunnallisvaakunat (in Finnish). Suomen Kunnallisliitto. 1982. p. 139. ISBN 951-773-085-3.
  8. ↑ YLE: Laitilalainen munatuottaja Munax tähyää jo Etelä-Koreaan – vientiä suunniteltu jo vuosia (in Finnish)
  9. ↑ Paula Purhonen, Paula: Vainionmäki - A Merovingian Period Cemetery in Laitila, Finland. Finnish Heritage Agency; Helsinki, 1996. (in Finnish)
  10. ↑ "Rautakausi" (in Finnish). Kansallismuseo. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  11. ↑ Untamalan raittikylä – Finnish Heritage Agency (in Finnish)
  12. ↑ Suontaan ryhmäkylä – Finnish Heritage Agency (in Finnish)
  13. ↑ Koukkelan Kauppilan umpipihainen talonpoikaistalo – Finnish Heritage Agency (in Finnish)