Hitis ( fi, Hiittinen) is a small archipelago and a former municipality in

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. It lies south from Kimitoön in the province of Southwest Finland. The main islands of Hitis are Rosala and

Hitis Hitis ( fi, 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. ...

. 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 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. Administratively it was part of

Kimito Kimito (; fi, Kemiö ) 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 l ...

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 Dragsfjärd is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009 it was consolidated with Kimito and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finla ...

in 1969.

Villages

Bergö, Biskopsö, Bolax, Böle, Hitis, Holma,

Högsåra Högsåra is a village in the former municipality of Dragsfjärd in the archipelago of Hitis, Finland, situated on an island by the same name, with a regular ferry connection to the mainland. The village was known as a station of pilots before. ...

, Kaxskäla,

Kasnäs Kasnäs is a village in the municipality of Kimitoön, Finland. It belongs to the archipelago of Hitis. ''Blåmusslan'', one of the two information centers of the Archipelago National Park Archipelago National Park ( sv, Skärgårdshavets nat ...

, Rosala, Stubbnäs, Tunhamn, Vänoxa, Vänö

References

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