Laitila

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 8,488 (31 December 2024) 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 15.96 inhabitants per square kilometre (41.3/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.