Huopalahti

Also known as Hoplax, Huopalahden kunta, Hoplax kommun

Huopalahti () was a municipality during the years 1920–1945 in Uusimaa, Finland.

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Settlement.name: Huopalahti
Settlement.other_name: Hoplax
Settlement.settlement_type: Former municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Finland
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Uusimaa
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1920
Settlement.established_title1: Consolidated
Settlement.established_date1: To Helsinki in 1946
Settlement.area_total_km2: 12.3
Settlement.population_total: 2377
Settlement.population_as_of: 1931
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.demographics_type1: Languages
Settlement.demographics1_title1: Finnish
Settlement.demographics1_info1: 1441 inhabitants

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Huopalahti () was a municipality during the years 1920–1945 in Uusimaa, Finland.

Areas of Munkkiniemi, Lauttasaari and parts of northern Pasila were parts of Huopalahti. The area was separated from former Helsinki parish in 1920. Haaga was part of the municipality, but was separated from it in 1923. The Finnish National Defence University, that was moved to Munkkiniemi in 1923, was located in Huopalahti. In 1946, the municipality was consolidated to Helsinki.

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