It is located in the Southwest Finland region, and it is 59 kilometres (37 mi) from Laitila to Turku.

Laitila is renowned for its poultry farms and "egg festival" (Laitilan Munamarkkinat),[7] which is why the subject of the municipal coat of arms of Laitila also refers to the parish's fame for chicken care.

[1] Laitila has many Iron Age antiquities, the most famous of which are the so-called the warrior's grave of Kodjala.

[10] Finland's oldest glass object, the Roman-era drinking horn, has been found in Laitila's Soukainen village.

[11] The nationally significant built cultural environments defined by the Finnish Heritage Agency in 2009 in Laitila include the Untamala[12] and Suontaka villages[13] and the Koukkela's the peasant house of Kauppila.