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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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