Laitila
Letala
Town
Laitilan kaupunki
Letala stad
Laitila Church
Laitila Church
Coat of arms of Laitila
Coat of arms
Nickname: 
Egg Capital of Finland[1]
Location of Laitila in Finland
Location of Laitila in Finland
Coordinates: 60°53′N 021°42′E / 60.883°N 21.700°E / 60.883; 21.700
Country Finland
RegionSouthwest Finland
Sub-regionVakka-Suomi sub-region
Charter1868
City rights1986
Government
 • Town managerJohanna Luukkonen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[2]
 • Total545.32 km2 (210.55 sq mi)
 • Land531.88 km2 (205.36 sq mi)
 • Water13.65 km2 (5.27 sq mi)
 • Rank164th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-09-30)[3]
 • Total8,439
 • Rank116th largest in Finland
 • Density15.87/km2 (41.1/sq mi)
Population by native language
[4]
 • Finnish89.9% (official)
 • Swedish0.3%
 • Others9.8%
Population by age
[5]
 • 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

Laitila (Finnish: [ˈlɑi̯tilɑ]; Swedish: Letala[6]) 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 8,439 (30 September 2023)[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 15.87 inhabitants per square kilometre (41.1/sq mi). The municipality is monolingually Finnish.

Laitila is renowned for its poultry farms and "egg festival" (Laitilan Munamarkkinat),[7] which is why the subject of the municipal coat of arms of Laitila also refers to the parish's fame for chicken care.[8] There is a lot of demand for Laitila-based chicken eggs, as the local egg producer company Munax, among other things, has even planned to egg exports all the way to South Korea.[9] Laitila has also been called the "egg capital of Finland".[1]

Culture

Laitila has a very large number of Iron Age antiquities, the most famous of which are the so-called the warrior's grave of Kodjala.[10] Finland's oldest glass object, the Roman-era drinking horn, has been found in Laitila's Soukainen village.[11] The nationally significant built cultural environments defined by the Finnish Heritage Agency in 2009 in Laitila include the Untamala[12] and Suontaka villages[13] and the Koukkela's the peasant house of Kauppila.[14]

People

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 "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ Namn på kommuner från finska till svenska; Kotimaisten kielten keskus (in Swedish)
  7. ↑ Laitilan Munamarkkinat (in Finnish)
  8. ↑ Suomen kunnallisvaakunat (in Finnish). Suomen Kunnallisliitto. 1982. p. 139. ISBN 951-773-085-3.
  9. ↑ YLE: Laitilalainen munatuottaja Munax tähyää jo Etelä-Koreaan – vientiä suunniteltu jo vuosia (in Finnish)
  10. ↑ Paula Purhonen, Paula: Vainionmäki - A Merovingian Period Cemetery in Laitila, Finland. Finnish Heritage Agency; Helsinki, 1996. (in Finnish)
  11. ↑ "Rautakausi" (in Finnish). Kansallismuseo. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  12. ↑ Untamalan raittikylä – Finnish Heritage Agency (in Finnish)
  13. ↑ Suontaan ryhmäkylä – Finnish Heritage Agency (in Finnish)
  14. ↑ Koukkelan Kauppilan umpipihainen talonpoikaistalo – Finnish Heritage Agency (in Finnish)


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