Hitis () is a small archipelago and a former municipality in

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

. It lies south from

Kimitoön Kimitoön (; ; ) is a municipality and island of Finland. It was created on 1 January 2009, when the municipalities of Dragsfjärd, Kimito and Västanfjärd were consolidated into a single municipality. The former municipal councils accepted the ...

in the province of

Southwest Finland Southwest Finland (, ; ) is a Regions of Finland, region ('','' ) of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Uusimaa, and Åland. The regional capital and most populous city is Tu ...

. The main islands of Hitis are Rosala and Hitis. They are connected to the mainland by a ferry. In total there are more than 2000 islands and islets in Hitis, and some of them are inhabited permanently. There are many

summer cottage A cottage, during Feudalism in England, England's feudal period, was the holding by a cottager (known as a cotter or ''bordar'') of a small house with enough garden to feed a family and in return for the cottage, the cottager had to provide ...

s in Hitis. Hitis was a trade harbour during the

Viking era The Viking Age (about ) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. The Viking Age applies not only to their ...

. Administratively it was part of

Kimito Kimito (; ) is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön. Prior to the consolidation, it was one of the four municipalities located ...

until the municipality was established in 1861. During World War II, the battles of Bengtskär and Morgonlandet took place within Hitis. The municipality was merged to Dragsfjärd in 1969.

Villages

Bergö, Biskopsö, Bolax, Böle, Hitis, Holma, Högsåra, Kaxskäla,

Kasnäs Kasnäs is a village in the municipality of Kimitoön, Finland. It belongs to the archipelago An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands. An archipelago may be in an ...

, Rosala, Stubbnäs, Tunhamn, Vänoxa, Vänö

References

{{authority control Kimitoön Former municipalities of Finland 1861 establishments in Finland