Hagsätra is a quarter

Quarter (country subdivision)

A quarter is a section of an urban settlement.Its borders can be administratively chosen , and it may have its own administrative structure...

 in Söderort, the southern part of Stockholm Municipality

Stockholm Municipality

Stockholm Municipality or the City of Stockholm is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It is the largest of the 290 municipalities of the country in terms of population, but one of the smaller in terms of area, making it the most densely populated...

, Sweden

Sweden

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. It borders with the quarters of Älvsjö

Älvsjö

Älvsjö is a district of the city of Stockholm Municipality in Sweden. Located in Söderort and a district in the borough Älvsjö. It has the biggest rentable facility in northern Europe called Stockholm International Fairs. In 2008, total population was 956 inhabitants....

, Örby and Rågsved

Rågsved

Rågsved is a working-class suburb in the south of Stockholm, Sweden. It was built in the 1950–1970s and has had big problems with unemployment, criminality and drug abuse...

 in Stockholm, as well as Stuvsta in neighboring Huddinge Municipality

Huddinge Municipality

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. Hagsätra covers an area of 420 acres (1.7 km² or 0.66 mi²) and has a population of around 7,800.

This area previously belonged to Älvsjö gård manor, but was incorporated into the city of Stockholm in 1930. But it wasn't until 1957 Hagsätra started expanding with modern houses and architecture. Hagsätra has a marketplace known as Hagsätra torg. Hagsätra is the southern terminus on Line 19 of Stockholm's Metro system

Stockholm Metro

The Stockholm Metro is a metro system in Stockholm, Sweden. The first line opened in 1950, and today the system has 100 stations in use, of which 47 are underground and 53 above ground. There are seven lines numbered from 10 to 19, in three groups identified by a color: the Green, Red and Blue lines...

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