Erzsébetváros
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7th District of Budapest
Budapest VII. kerülete Erzsébetváros | |
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District VII | |
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Coordinates: 47°30′2″N 19°4′7.41″E / 47.50056°N 19.0687250°ECoordinates: 47°30′2″N 19°4′7.41″E / 47.50056°N 19.0687250°E | |
Country | Hungary |
Region | Central Hungary |
City | Budapest |
Established | 17 November 1873 |
Quarters[1] | show
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Government | |
• Mayor | Péter Niedermüller (DK) |
Area | |
• Total | 2.09 km2 (0.81 sq mi) |
Area rank | 23rd |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 53,381 |
• Rank | 19th |
• Density | 25,541/km2 (66,150/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | hetedik kerületi ("7th districter") |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 1071 ... 1078 |
Website | erzsebetvaros |
Erzsébetváros (German: Elisabethstadt or Elizabethtown) is the 7th district of Budapest, situated on the Pest side of the Danube. The inner half of the district was the historic Jewish quarter of Pest. The Dohány Street Synagogue, the largest functioning synagogue in Europe, is located in this district. Currently it is the most densely populated district of Budapest with 29,681.3 person per km2. In 1910 Erzsébetváros had 152,454 inhabitants. During the socialist era Erzsébetváros's population decreased rapidly, because young people and families moved to the newer "panelized" boom districts (Újpest, Újbuda, Óbuda, Kispest etc.). Gentrification and recovery started in the middle of the 2000s.
Name[]
Erzsébetváros was named on 17 January 1882 after Queen Elisabeth (a.k.a. "The Empress Sissi"), the popular consort of Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary Franz Joseph I of the Habsburg Empire.
Until the unification of Budapest in 1873 this area was part of Terézváros. Between 1873 and 1882 it was named District VII without name.
Politics[]
The current mayor of VII. District of Budapest is Péter Niedermüller (DK).
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[a] | 9 | M | |||||||||
Fidesz-KDNP | 3 | ||||||||||
Independent | 2 | ||||||||||
Élhető Erzsébetváros | 1 |
List of mayors[]
Member | Party | Date | |
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SZDSZ | 1990–1994 | ||
MSZP | 1994–1998 | ||
MSZP | 1998–2002 | ||
MSZP | 2002–2010[b] | ||
Fidesz | 2010–2019 | ||
Péter Niedermüller | DK | 2019– |
Twin towns[]
Erzsébetváros is twinned with:
- Sveti Vlas, Bulgaria
- Požega, Croatia
- Nevers, France
- Stavroupoli, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Siedlce, Poland
- Stari Grad of Belgrade, Serbia
- Karlovac, Croatia
- Safed, Israel
- Comrat, Moldova (Gagauzia)
See also[]
Gallery[]
Madách square
Blaha Lujza square
The Synagogue
Square of Roses
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "94/2012. (XII. 27.) Főv. Kgy. rendelet – a közterület- és városrésznevek megállapításáról, azok jelöléséről, valamint a házszám-megállapítás szabályairól" (in Hungarian).
- ^ Jump up to: a b "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.
- ^ "Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 - Budapest VII. kerület". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
External links[]
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