Orimattila

Orimattila is a town and municipality in the Päijänne Tavastia region, Finland. It is located 22 kilometres south of Lahti and 93 kilometres north of Helsinki.

The municipality has a population of 15,871 and covers an area of 814.01 square kilometres of which 28.87 km2 is water. The population density is 20.21 inhabitants per square kilometre. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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.