Tapanila

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Tapanila Mosabacka
Helsinki Subdivision
Mosahalli sports hall in Tapanila
Position of Tapanila within Helsinki
Country	Finland
Region	Uusimaa
Sub-region	Greater Helsinki
Municipality	Helsinki
District	Malmi
Area	1.46 km2 (0.56 sq mi)
Population  (1.1.2005)	5,474
• Density	3,749/km2 (9,710/sq mi)
Postal codes	00730, 00731
Subdivision number	392
Neighbouring subdivisions	Ylä-Malmi, Tapaninvainio, Tapulikaupunki, Malmin lentokenttä, Puistola and Ala-Malmi.

Tapanila (Swedish: Mosabacka) is a neighbourhood in Malmi district, Helsinki. Tapanila has approximately 5474 inhabitants (2005).^[1] Tapanila has its own railway station.

It is known that there were few farm houses in Tapanila already in the 16th century. Back then Tapanila was one of the biggest villages in Helsinki area. In 1862, railroad between Hämeenlinna and Tapanila was built.^[2] Tapanila was largely rebuilt from 1910–1935 based on Letchworth Garden City in England, the first in the Garden city movement. The area was annexed to Helsinki in 1946.

There is also Franzén's cottage in Tapanila, where the Finnish national author Aleksis Kivi lived in 1870.^[3] The cottage was built as employee's housing for railroad guards. In 1870 it was residence of Anders Gustav Franzen and now it is known as Franzen's croft (Finnish: Franzenin torppa);^[4][5] see article "Allotment system" for the explanation of the latter term.