Laitila

Laitila (; Namn på kommuner från finska till svenska; Kotimaisten kielten keskus (in Swedish)) is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region, and it is from Laitila to Turku. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is monolingually Finnish.

Laitila is renowned for its poultry farms and "egg festival" (Laitilan Munamarkkinat),Laitilan Munamarkkinat (in Finnish) 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.YLE: Laitilalainen munatuottaja Munax tähyää jo Etelä-Koreaan – vientiä suunniteltu jo vuosia (in Finnish) Laitila has also been called the "egg capital of Finland".TS: Laitila on Suomen munapääkaupunki (in Finnish)

Culture Laitila has many Iron Age antiquities, the most famous of which are the so-called the warrior's grave of Kodjala.Paula Purhonen, Paula: Vainionmäki - A Merovingian Period Cemetery in Laitila, Finland. Finnish Heritage Agency; Helsinki, 1996. (in Finnish) 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 UntamalaUntamalan raittikylä – Finnish Heritage Agency (in Finnish) and Suontaka villagesSuontaan ryhmäkylä – Finnish Heritage Agency (in Finnish) and the Koukkela's the peasant house of Kauppila.Koukkelan Kauppilan umpipihainen talonpoikaistalo – Finnish Heritage Agency (in Finnish)

People

Kaarlo Heininen (1853–1926) Pasi Saarela (born 1973) Mika Kares (born 1978) Valle Mäkelä (born 1986) Markus Seikola (born 1992) Susanna Tapani (born 1993)

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