Terézváros

Terézváros (English: Theresa Town, German: Theresienstadt) is the District VI of Budapest, and was named after Queen Maria Theresa in 1777, who visited the neighbourhood 26 years earlier in 1751. The territory was first inhabited in the early 18th century when the old town of Pest (today: Inner City) was already fully built, so that people had to inhabit lands outside the city. Terézváros was one of the ten districts that were formed when the city of Budapest was created in 1873.
Today Terézváros is the second in population density after the neighbouring Erzsébetváros. Terézváros is meanwhile the second smallest district (also the first being Erzsébetváros). Both districts are famous for their night life.

6th District of Budapest Budapest VI. kerülete Terézváros
District of Budapest
District VI
Flag Coat of arms
Location of District VI in Budapest (shown in grey)
Coordinates: 47°30′35″N 19°04′11″E
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Hungary
City	Budapest
Established	17 November 1873
Quarters[1]	List Terézváros
Government
• Mayor	Tamás Soproni (Momentum Movement)
• Deputy Mayor	Máté Győrffy (Momentum) Jun Miyazaki (Democratic Coalition) Szilvia Temesvári (Dialogue) Zsuzsanna Beleznay (Jobbik)
Area [2]
• Total	2.38 km2 (0.92 sq mi)
• Rank	22nd
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	38,504
• Rank	20th
• Density	16,178/km2 (41,900/sq mi)
Demonym	hatodik kerületi ("6th districter")
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	1061 ... 1068
Website	www.terezvaros.hu

Location

Terézváros is located in the Pest side of Budapest.

Neighbours of District VI are (clockwise from north):

• District XIII
• District XIV: Zugló
• District VII: Erzsébetváros ("Elizabeth Town"), known of the historical Jewish quarter
• District V: Belváros-Lipótváros ("Inner City – Leopold Town")

Landmarks

• 

  Kodály Körönd square

  Andrássy Avenue
• Millennium Underground Railway
• Hungarian State Opera House
• Franz Liszt Academy of Music
• House of Terror Museum

Politics

The current mayor of VI. District of Budapest is Tamás Soproni (Momentum).

The District Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 15 members (1 Mayor, 10 Individual constituencies MEPs and 4 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:^[3]

Party		Seats	Current District Assembly
	Opposition coalition[a]	11	M
	Fidesz-KDNP	4

List of mayors

Member		Party	Date
	Tibor Seiler	SZDSZ	1990–1994
	György Borsány	MSZP	1994–1998
	György Farkas	Fidesz	1998–2002
	István Verók	MSZP	2002–2010
	Zsófia Hassay	Fidesz	2010–2019
	Tamás Soproni	Momentum	2019–

Twin towns

Terézváros is twinned with:

• Lenti, Zala County
• Târgu Secuiesc, Romania
• Temerin, Serbia
• Zadar, Croatia^[4]
• Drezda, Germany^[5]

See also

• List of districts in Budapest

Notes

1. Coalition of Momentum–DK–MSZP–Dialogue–LMP.

References

1. "94/2012. (XII. 27.) Főv. Kgy. rendelet – a közterület- és városrésznevek megállapításáról, azok jelöléséről, valamint a házszám-megállapítás szabályairól" (in Hungarian).
2. "A fővárosi kerületek, a megyei jogú városok, a városok területe, lakónépessége és a lakások száma" [The area of districts of the capital, of the towns with county's rights, resident population and number of dwellings]. Magyarország közigazgatási helynévkönyve 2016. január 1 [Gazetteer of Hungary 1 January 2016] (PDF). Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 2016. p. 21.
3. "Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019–2024 – Budapest VI. kerület". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
4. "Testvérvárosaink" (in Hungarian). Terézvárosi Önkormányzat. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
5. "Testvérvárosaink" (in Hungarian). Terézvárosi Önkormányzat. Retrieved 24 October 2019.