Hitis

Hitis
Former Municipality
Hitis kommun Hiittisten kunta
Coat of arms
Country	Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Established	1861
Merged	1969
Area
• Urban	109.8 km2 (42.4 sq mi)
Population
• Density	0/km2 (0/sq mi)
• Urban	811
• Urban density	7.38/km2 (19.1/sq mi)
	statistics from 1963[1]
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Hitis (Finnish: Hiittinen) is a small archipelago and a former municipality in Finland. It lies south from Kimitoön in the province of Southwest Finland.

The main islands of Hitis are Rosala and Hitis. They are connected to the mainland by a ferry. Totally there are over 2 000 islands and islets in Hitis, and some of them are still inhabited permanently. There are many summer cottages in Hitis.

Hitis was a trade harbour during the viking era. Administratively it was part of Kimito until the municipality was established in 1861. During the World War II there were battles of Bengtskär and Morgonlandet in the area of Hitis. The municipality was merged to Dragsfjärd in 1969.

Villages

Bergö, Biskopsö, Bolax, Böle, Hitis, Holma, Högsåra, Kaxskäla, Kasnäs, Rosala, Stubbnäs, Tunhamn, Vänoxa, Vänö

References

1. ↑ Statistics of Hitis (Finnish)

Municipalities of Southwest Finland
Municipalities	Aura Kaarina Kimitoön Koski Tl Kustavi Laitila Lieto Loimaa Marttila Masku Mynämäki Naantali Nousiainen Oripää Paimio Pargas Pyhäranta Pöytyä Raisio Rusko Salo Sauvo Somero Taivassalo Turku Uusikaupunki Vehmaa
Former municipalities	Alastaro Angelniemi Askainen Dragsfjärd Halikko Hiittinen Houtskär Iniö Kakskerta Kalanti Karinainen Karjala Karuna Kimito Kiikala Kisko Kiukainen Korpo Kuusisto Kuusjoki Lemu Loimaan kunta Lokalahti Maaria Mellilä Merimasku Metsämaa Mietoinen Muurla Naantalin maalaiskunta Nagu Paattinen Pargas Pargas landskommun Perniö Pertteli Piikkiö Pyhämaa Rymättylä Särkisalo Somerniemi Suomusjärvi Tarvasjoki Uskela Uudenkaupungin maalaiskunta Vahto Västanfjärd Velkua Yläne
Southwest Finland Finland

Coordinates: 59°53′N 22°31′E / 59.883°N 22.517°E / 59.883; 22.517