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The Viking Islands
in numbers
Area:
1000 km2, out of which 900 km2 is water
Islands:
A little over 2000, out of which 18 are inhabited with 430 all-year-round
residents. Here is a list of 15 inhabited villages ( some of them consist
of several islands ):
Rosala
164 ( including villages Böle 25 and Stubbnäs 5 )
Kasnäs
77 ( including Kaxsjäla 14 )
Hitis
68
Högsåra
46
Vänö
20
Biskopsö
15
Vänoxa
13
Holma
9
Tunhamn
7
Bolax
6
Helsingholmen
4
Bengtskär
1
The
most recent numbers are updated June 30th 2006. The development in the
number of residents in 2 years time is Stubbnäs -6, Kasnäs +2, Hitis -6,
Högsåra -3, Vänö +1 and Vänoxa +2.
The
Viking Islands area is part of the municipality of Kimitoön
/ Kemiönsaari since January 1st 2009. It belonged to the municipality
of Dragsfjärd from 1969 to 2008, and before that the area was an
independent archipelago municipality called Hitis.
Village
associations
De
Ungas Vänner i Högsåra / Jenny Örnell-Backman
Finlands
Röda Kors Hitis avdelning / Anita Österberg
Hembygdens
vänner i Hitis / Sune Fromholz
Hitis
Frivilliga brandkår / Tor-Björn Holmström, Peter Fihlman
Hitis
Kyrkby Marthaförening / Ebba Ljungqvist
Hitis
kyrkoby byaförening / Christer Gustafsson, 0400-539 739
Högsåra
byalag / info@hogsara.eu
Högsåra
Marthaförening / Gunilla Örnell
Kasnäs
byalag rf /Anna-Lena Granlund-Blomfelt, 0400-744 462
Rosala
byaråd / Bernt Örså, bernt.orsa@dragsfjard.fi
Rosala
Frivilliga brandkår / Pontus Johansson, 0400 745 148
Rosala
Marthaförening / Tina Örså, hitisls@netti.fi
Skärgårdens
vänner i Rosala-Böle / Pontus Johansson, 0400 745 148
Vänö
Vänner / fam. Hoffström, 02-4667 650
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