Újbuda (lit. ''New Buda'') is the 11th district of Budapest ( hu, Budapest XI. kerület), Hungary. It is the most populous district of Budapest with 137,426 inhabitants (2008). Until the 1890s, Újbuda's present territory was a field south of the historical town of

Buda Buda (; german: Ofen, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Budim, Будим, Czech and sk, Budín, tr, Budin) was the historic capital of the Kingdom of Hungary and since 1873 has been the western part of the Hungarian capital Budapest, on the ...

. The construction of a new residential area started in the 1900s, the present district was formed in 1930. From 1880 to 1980, Újbuda's population increased from 1,180 to 178,960. There are boulevards, avenues with tram lines, and communist-era housing estates in the district. Line 4 of the Budapest metro passes through Újbuda.

Neighborhoods

* Albertfalva * Dobogó *

Gazdagrét Gazdagrét is a neighbourhood of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It is located in the western part of the 11th district. It is a residential area consisting of prefabricated buildings (see panelház) with a population of 11,929 (2001 census ...

* Gellérthegy (partially) * Hosszúrét * Infopark * Kamaraerdő *

Kelenföld Kelenföld (german: Krenfeld) is a neighborhood in Budapest, Hungary. It belongs to Újbuda, and located in the southern part of Buda. The large Kelenföld housing estate was built between 1967 and 1983 from pre-fabricated concrete blocks. The olde ...

* Kelenvölgy * Kőérberek *

Lágymányos Lágymányos is a neighbourhood in the district of Újbuda in Budapest, Hungary. In 2001, Lágymányos had a population of 19,741. The Budapest University of Technology and Economics The Budapest University of Technology and Economics ( hu, Bu ...

* Madárhegy * Nádorkert * Őrmező * Örsöd * Péterhegy * Pösingermajor *

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* Sashegy (partially) * Szentimreváros * Spanyolrét * Tabán (partially)

Population

; Ethnic groups (2001 census): *

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- 91.4% * Germans - 1.2% * Others - 1.8% * No answer - 5.6% ; Religions (2001 census): * Roman Catholic - 47.1% * Calvinist - 12% * Lutheran - 2.8% * Greek Catholic - 1.4% * Jewish - 0.45% * Other (

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) - 1% * Other (non-Christian) - 0.5% * Atheists - 18% * No answer, unknown - 16.6%

Transport

Traffic to Budapest from Western Hungary enters the city in this district; a main road, Budaörsi út is the direct continuation of motorways M1 and M7. Three bridges on the Danube are located in the district; the bridges Liberty, Petőfi and Rákóczi/Lágymányosi connect the district to the neighboring

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districts on the Pest side. Kelenföld Railway Station, the fourth largest railway station of Budapest is in the district. Most of the trains heading to Western Hungary and Western Europe pass through the station (including commuter trains to the agglomeration). The district also has a smaller station, the Albertfalva station. Kelenföld Railway Station is also the terminus for Metro Line M4; the line, opened in 2014, is the first of the Budapest Metro to serve the district, where it has 5 of its 10 stations. It connects the district with

Keleti Railway Station Budapest Keleti (Eastern) station ( hu, Keleti pályaudvar) is the main international and inter-city railway terminal in Budapest, Hungary. The station stands where Rákóczi út splits to become Kerepesi Avenue and Thököly Avenue. Keleti p ...

, the largest railway station in Hungary. Next to the Kelenföld Railway Station there is also a major bus station for local buses and another for buses serving the nearby towns. The district has 46 bus lines, 9 night bus lines and 11 tram lines (among them Lines 4 and 6, two of the most important tram lines of the city, both of which have their terminus in the district). There are no airports with scheduled flights within the district, however, it is home to

Budaörs Airport Budaörs Airport ( hu, Budaörsi Repülőtér), is an airport located in the 11th district of Budapest, Hungary and was named after the neighboring town Budaörs. Now serving general aviation, it was once Hungary's only international airport ...

, the pre-1950 main airport of Hungary. This was the second international airport in Budapest (after Mátyásföld Airfield), and the oldest still existing one, although today it serves general aviation only. During World War I one of the first military airfields, Albertfalva Military Airfield was located in the district, next to the first Hungarian airplane factory.

List of mayors

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Újbuda is twinned with:

Gallery

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