Laitila
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Laitila (; ) 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.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Laitila
- Settlement.other_name
- Letala
- Settlement.nickname
- Egg Capital of Finland
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Laitila church 3 AB.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Laitila Church
- Settlement.image_shield
- Laitila vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Laitila sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Laitila in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southwest Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Vakka-Suomi
- Settlement.leader_title
- Town manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Johanna Luukkonen
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Letala stad
- Population
- 8441
- Area
- 13.45
- Official website
- www.laitila.fi
- Image
- Laitila church bell tower 1 AB.jpg
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- Commons category
- Laitila
- inception
- 1868-01-01
- native label
- Letala
- P12749
- Barbra Streisand
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Laitila (; ) 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), 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".
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