Laitila
Laitila
Letala | |
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Town | |
| Laitilan kaupunki Letala stad | |
 Laitila Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Egg Capital of Finland[1] | |
 Location of Laitila inFinland | |
| Coordinates:60°53′N021°42′E/ 60.883°N 21.700°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Southwest Finland |
| Sub-region | Vakka-Suomi sub-region |
| 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 largestin Finland |
| Population (2024-08-31)[3] | |
| • Total | 8,475 |
| • Rank | 114th largestin Finland |
| • Density | 15.93/km2(41.3/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| •Finnish | 87.8% (official) |
| •Swedish | 0.3% |
| • Others | 11.9% |
| 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 | laitila.fi |
Laitila(Finnish:[ˈlɑi̯tilɑ];Swedish:Letala[6]) is atownand amunicipalityofFinland.It is located in theSouthwest Finlandregion, and it is 59 kilometres (37 mi) from Laitila toTurku.The municipality has a population of 8,475 (31 August 2024)[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]Thepopulation densityis 15.93 inhabitants per square kilometre (41.3/sq mi). The municipality is monolinguallyFinnish.
Laitila is renowned for its poultry farms and "eggfestival "(Laitilan Munamarkkinat),[7]which is why the subject of the municipalcoat of armsof Laitila also refers to the parish's fame forchickencare.[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 toSouth Korea.[9]Laitila has also been called the "egg capital of Finland".[1]
Culture
[edit]Laitila has a very large number ofIron Ageantiquities,the most famous of which are the so-called the warrior'sgraveof Kodjala.[10]Finland's oldest glass object, theRoman-eradrinking horn,has been found in Laitila's Soukainen village.[11]The nationally significant built cultural environments defined by theFinnish Heritage Agencyin 2009 in Laitila include the Untamala[12]and Suontaka villages[13]and the Koukkela's thepeasanthouse of Kauppila.[14]
People
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- Kaarlo Heininen(1853–1926)
- Pasi Saarela(born 1973)
- Mika Kares(born 1978)
- Valle Mäkelä(born 1986)
- Markus Seikola(born 1992)
- Susanna Tapani(born 1993)
References
[edit]- ^abTS: Laitila on Suomen munapääkaupunki(in Finnish)
- ^ab"Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018"(PDF).National Land Survey of Finland.Retrieved30 January2018.
- ^abc"Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024".Population structure. Statistics Finland. 24 September 2024.ISSN1797-5395.Retrieved25 September2024.
- ^"Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020".StatFin.Statistics Finland.Retrieved2 May2021.
- ^ab"Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023".Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022.Retrieved7 May2023.
- ^Namn på kommuner från finska till svenska; Kotimaisten kielten keskus(in Swedish)
- ^Laitilan Munamarkkinat(in Finnish)
- ^Suomen kunnallisvaakunat(in Finnish). Suomen Kunnallisliitto. 1982. p. 139.ISBN951-773-085-3.
- ^YLE: Laitilalainen munatuottaja Munax tähyää jo Etelä-Koreaan – vientiä suunniteltu jo vuosia(in Finnish)
- ^Paula Purhonen, Paula:Vainionmäki - A Merovingian Period Cemetery in Laitila, Finland.Finnish Heritage Agency;Helsinki, 1996. (in Finnish)
- ^"Rautakausi"(in Finnish). Kansallismuseo.Retrieved13 September2021.
- ^Untamalan raittikylä–Finnish Heritage Agency(in Finnish)
- ^Suontaan ryhmäkylä–Finnish Heritage Agency(in Finnish)
- ^Koukkelan Kauppilan umpipihainen talonpoikaistalo–Finnish Heritage Agency(in Finnish)
External links
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Laitilatravel guide from Wikivoyage
Media related toLaitilaat Wikimedia Commons- Town of Laitila– Official site(in Finnish)
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