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The Viking Islands
in numbers
Area:
1000 m2, out of which 900 m2 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 Dragsfjärd
since 1969, before that the area was its own municipality called Hitis.
Village
associations
De
Ungas Vänner i Högsåra / Jenny Örnell-Backman
Hembygdens
vänner i Hitis / Sune Fromholz
Hitis
Frivilliga brandkår / Peter Fihlman
Hitis
kyrkoby byaförening / Christer Gustafsson, 0400-539 739
Högsåra
byalag / Bengt Alborg, hogsara.byalag@kolumbus.fi
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 / Leif Eriksson, leif.eriksson@pp.inet.fi
Rosala
Marthaförening / Tina Örså, hitisls@netti.fi
Skärgårdens
vänner i Rosala-Böle / Pontus Johansson, 02-4667 321, 0400 745 148
Vänö
Vänner / fam. Hoffström, 02-4667 650
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