Haaga

Haaga
Haga
Helsinki Subdivision
Former municipality
Panoramic view from southern Haaga.
Panoramic view from southern Haaga.
Location of Haaga district in Helsinki.
Location of Haaga district in Helsinki.
Location of Haaga municipality in Finland (1935).
Location of Haaga municipality in Finland (1935).
Interactive map of Haaga district
Haaga is located in Uusimaa
Haaga
Haaga
Location within Uusimaa
Haaga is located in Finland
Haaga
Haaga
Location within Finland
Haaga is located in Europe
Haaga
Haaga
Location within Europe
CountryFinland
ProvinceUusimaa Province
RegionUusimaa
MunicipalityHelsinki
DistrictWestern
Established from Huopalahti1923
Merged to Helsinki1946
Subdivision regionsEtelä-Haaga, Kivihaka, Pohjois-Haaga, Lassila
Postal codes
00300, 00310, 00320, 00350, 00400, 00440
Subdivision number29

Haaga (Swedish: Haga) is a district and a former municipality in the Western major district of Helsinki with a population of 25,435.

Municipality of Haaga

Official name for the municipality was Haagan kauppala (Swedish: Haga köping) and it was consolidated to Helsinki in 1946.

As an independent municipality Haaga was smaller than the modern day district of Helsinki. Its land area was 3.78 km2 (c. 1.46 sq mi) in 1945 and about 3,000 inhabitants lived in the municipality before the merger.

District of Helsinki

Haaga is divided into four subareas, which are Pohjois-Haaga (northern Haaga), Etelä-Haaga (southern Haaga), Kivihaka and Lassila. Land area of the Haaga district is 5.32 km2 (c. 2.05 sq mi) as of 2014. It is home to the Haaga Rhododendron Park.

Haaga has two railway stations: Huopalahti railway station in south and Pohjois-Haaga railway station in north. Frequent users of the trains are students attending Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, as their campuses are spread out between 25 and 45 minutes between each other by train.

Studies at the university include: business, finance, hospitality and tourism (including masters level), information technology, and management assistance. All these courses are available to exchange students interested in attending.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/203Haaga.pdf 2005 statistics about Haaga (in Finnish)
  2. ↑ "Historia". kaupunginosat.fi. ProHaaga. 2005-03-04. Retrieved 2026-08-18.
  3. ↑ "Suomen tilastollinen vuosikirja 1944–45" (PDF) (in Finnish). Statistics of Finland. 1946. Retrieved 2026-08-18.
  4. ↑ "Helsinki alueittain 2014" (PDF) (in Finnish). City of Helsinki. 2015. Retrieved 2026-08-18.