Laitila

Coordinates: 60°53′N 021°42′E / 60.883°N 21.700°E / 60.883; 21.700
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Laitila
Letala
Town
Laitilan kaupunki
Letala stad
Laitila Church
Laitila Church
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[7]) 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 (31 December 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),[8] which is why the subject of the municipal coat of arms of Laitila also refers to the parish's fame for chicken care.[9] 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.[10] Laitila has also been called the "egg capital of Finland".[1]

Culture

Laitila has a very large number of

Roman-era drinking horn, has been found in Laitila's Soukainen village.[12] The nationally significant built cultural environments defined by the Finnish Heritage Agency in 2009 in Laitila include the Untamala[13] and Suontaka villages[14] and the Koukkela's the peasant house of Kauppila.[15]

People

References

  1. ^ a b TS: Laitila on Suomen munapääkaupunki (in Finnish)
  2. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  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. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  7. ^ Namn på kommuner från finska till svenska; Kotimaisten kielten keskus (in Swedish)
  8. ^ Laitilan Munamarkkinat (in Finnish)
  9. ISBN 951-773-085-3
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  10. ^ YLE: Laitilalainen munatuottaja Munax tähyää jo Etelä-Koreaan – vientiä suunniteltu jo vuosia (in Finnish)
  11. ^ Paula Purhonen, Paula: Vainionmäki - A Merovingian Period Cemetery in Laitila, Finland. Finnish Heritage Agency; Helsinki, 1996. (in Finnish)
  12. ^ "Rautakausi" (in Finnish). Kansallismuseo. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  13. ^ Untamalan raittikylä – Finnish Heritage Agency (in Finnish)
  14. ^ Suontaan ryhmäkylä – Finnish Heritage Agency (in Finnish)
  15. ^ Koukkelan Kauppilan umpipihainen talonpoikaistalo – Finnish Heritage Agency (in Finnish)

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