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Marttila

S:t Mårtens
Marttila S:t Mårtens
Municipality
	Marttilan kunta; S:t Mårtens kommun
	A countryside of Marttila
	Coat of arms
	Location of Marttila in Finland
	Coordinates: 60°35′N 022°54′E / 60.583°N 22.900°E
Country	Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Loimaa sub-region
Charter	1409
Named for	Martin of Tours
Government
• Municipal manager	Anne Ahtiainen
Area (2018-01-01)
• Total	195.99 km2 (75.67 sq mi)
• Land	195.31 km2 (75.41 sq mi)
• Water	0.71 km2 (0.27 sq mi)
• Rank	264th largest in Finland
Population (2024-10-31)
• Total	1,923
• Rank	261st largest in Finland
• Density	9.85/km2 (25.5/sq mi)
Population by native language
• Finnish	95.6% (official)
• Swedish	1%
• Others	3.4%
Population by age
• 0 to 14	15.9%
• 15 to 64	56.3%
• 65 or older	27.8%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Climate	Dfc
Website	www.marttila.fi

Marttila (Finnish: [ˈmɑrtːilɑ]; Swedish: S:t Mårtens, i.e. "Saint Martin's") is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,923 (31 October 2024)^[2] and covers an area of 195.99 square kilometres (75.67 sq mi) of which 0.71 km² (0.27 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 9.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (25.5/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Marttila's neighbouring municipalities are Koski Tl, Lieto, Loimaa, Paimio, Pöytyä and Salo.

History

During the Swedish domestic war regarding who was to be king, an important battle took place here 29 August 1599. Troops under Axel Kurck, supporting king Sigismund were defeated by troops supported duke Karl, soon to be king Karl IX. Karl more or less already ruled Sweden and what is Finland nowadays, and Sigismund were based in Poland. There is a memorial, erected 1934, to be seen in Marttila. Martilla is along what at that time was called "Tavastlands Oxväg", in Finnish now posted as "Hämeen Härkätie", which in English translates to "Oxroad of Häme".

Notable people

Sirkka-Liisa Anttila (born 1943), politician; the former Minister of Agriculture and Forestry^{[citation needed]}
Lauri Heikkilä (born 1957), politician^{[citation needed]}
Simo Laaksonen (born 1998), racing driver^{[citation needed]}