Hitra Municipality
Hitra Municipality
Hitra kommune | |
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| Hitteren herred (historic name) | |
View of Fillan in Hitra | |
Trøndelag within Norway | |
Hitra within Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°32′50″N 08°51′17″E / 63.54722°N 8.85472°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Trøndelag |
| District | Fosen |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Fillan |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | John Lernes (Ap) |
| Area | |
• Total | 755.89 km2 (291.85 sq mi) |
| • Land | 715.27 km2 (276.17 sq mi) |
| • Water | 40.62 km2 (15.68 sq mi) 5.4% |
| • Rank | #149 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 526.09 m (1,726.02 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 5,323 |
| • Rank | #178 in Norway |
| • Density | 7/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +17.7% |
| Demonym | Hitterværing |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Neutral |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-5056 |
| Website | Official website |
Hitra is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality covers the island of Hitra and hundreds of smaller islands, islets, and skerries as well as an area on the mainland of Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fillan. Other villages include Andersskogan, Ansnes, Forsnes, Hestvika, Knarrlaget, Kvenvær, Melandsjøen, Nordbotn, Sandstad, and Ulvan.
The 756-square-kilometre (292 sq mi) municipality is the 149th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Hitra Municipality is the 178th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,323. The municipality's population density is 7 inhabitants per square kilometre (18/sq mi) and its population has increased by 17.7% over the previous 10-year period.
Hitra Municipality is famous in Norway for its large and dense population of red deer (as symbolised in its coat of arms — see image right). Hitra Municipality is a member of the International Island Games Association.