Laitila (Finnish:[ˈlɑi̯tilɑ]; Swedish: Letala[5]) is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region, and it is 59 kilometres (37mi) from Laitila to Turku. The municipality has a population of 8,400 (31 December 2025)[3] and covers an area of 545.32 square kilometres (210.55sqmi) of which 13.65km2 (5.27sqmi) is water.[2] The population density is 15.79 inhabitants per square kilometre (40.9/sqmi). The municipality is monolingually Finnish.
Laitila is renowned for its poultry farms and "egg festival" (Laitilan Munamarkkinat),[6] which is why the subject of the municipal coat of arms of Laitila also refers to the parish's fame for chicken care.[7] 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.[8] Laitila has also been called the "egg capital of Finland".[1]
Culture
Laitila has many Iron Age antiquities, the most famous of which are the so-called the warrior's grave of Kodjala.[9] Finland's oldest glass object, the Roman-era drinking horn, has been found in Laitila's Soukainen village.[10] The nationally significant built cultural environments defined by the Finnish Heritage Agency in 2009 in Laitila include the Untamala[11] and Suontaka villages[12] and the Koukkela's the peasant house of Kauppila.[13]
