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1st District of Budapest From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1st District of Budapest is the Castle District (Hungarian: Várkerület or Budavár) and is the historical part of the Buda side of Budapest. It consists of the Buda Castle Hill and some other neighborhoods around it, like Tabán, Krisztinaváros and parts of Gellért Hill.
1st District of Budapest
Budapest I. kerülete Várkerület, Budavár | |
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District I | |
Coordinates: 47°29′51″N 19°02′17″E | |
Country | Hungary |
Region | Central Hungary |
City | Budapest |
Established | 17 November 1873 |
Quarters[1] | List
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Government | |
• Mayor | Márta V. Naszályi (Dialogue) |
• Deputy Mayor | Ferenc Gelencsér (Momentum) Gábor Csobánczy |
Area | |
• Total | 3.41 km2 (1.32 sq mi) |
• Rank | 20th |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 25,196 |
• Rank | 22nd |
• Density | 7,400/km2 (19,000/sq mi) |
Demonym | első kerületi ("1st districter") |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 1011 ... 1016 |
Website | www |
The Castle District is situated on the banks of the Danube, in the Buda side.
Neighbours of District I are (clockwise from north):
The current mayor of I. District of Budapest is Márta V. Naszályi (Dialogue).
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 | ||||||||||
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Opposition coalition[lower-alpha 1] | 10 | M | ||||||||||
Fidesz-KDNP | 5 |
Member | Party | Date | |
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Imre Ligeti | MDF | 1990–1994 | |
Tamás Katona | MDF[lower-alpha 2] | 1994–1998 | |
Gábor Tamás Nagy | Fidesz | 1998–2019 | |
Márta V. Naszályi | PM | 2019– |
Várkerület is twinned with:[4][5]
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