Orimattila

Orimattila (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈoriˌmɑtːilɑ]) is a city in Päijät-Häme region, Finland. The southern part of Lahti is connected to the village of Pennala, which is located in the northern part of the Orimattila municipality. Its neighboring municipalities are Hollola, Iitti, Kärkölä, Lahti, Lapinjärvi, Mäntsälä, Myrskylä and Pukkila. Orimattila has a population of 15,576 (31 December 2025), and it covers an area of 814.01 square kilometers of which 28.87 square kilometers is water. The municipality is also unilingually Finnish. Its per-capita population is around 20.14. The subject of the coat of arms of Orimattila, "a stallion horse carrying a scythe", refers to both the name of the municipality and local agriculture. The name itself comes from a house called Orhimattila, hosted by Henrich Mattzsson Orhimattila, which was already written in a 1573 book of judgment. The coat of arms was designed by Ahti Hammar and approved by the Orimattila Municipal Council at its meeting on 15 September 1956. The Ministry of the Interior approved the use of the coat of arms on 17 December of the same year.