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District V is the heart of Budapest and the political, financial, commercial and touristic center of Hungary. The name of the district is Belváros-Lipótváros (English: Inner City – Leopold Town), which refers to the two historical neighbourhoods that is located in the district;
Belváros ("Inner City") and
Lipótváros
Lipótváros (, ) is a traditional neighbourhood in the city centre of Budapest, named after King Leopold II. It is one of the two neighbourhoods of District V, the other one being Inner City (Belváros), which is the old town of Pest. Lipótv ...
("Leopold Town").
Inner City is the old town of
Pest
Pest or The Pest may refer to:
Science and medicine
* Pest (organism), an animal or plant deemed to be detrimental to humans or human concerns
** Weed, a plant considered undesirable
* Infectious disease, an illness resulting from an infection
** ...
, while Leopold Town was established in the early 19th century, and became the political and financial centre of Hungary in the early 20th century when the
Hungarian Parliament was built. The two neighbourhoods were originally the 4th (Inner City) and 5th (Leopold Town) districts of Budapest until 1950 when the two districts were merged and number IV was given to
Újpest ("New Pest").
Today there is a coexisting larger definition of "inner city" (with lower case letters) which includes all of District V and some parts of
District VI,
District VII,
District VIII,
District IX and District XIII, and sometimes even some parts of the
Buda
Buda (; german: Ofen, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Budim, Будим, Czech and sk, BudÃn, 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 ...
side, however this larger definition is only colloquial.
The reason Inner City is not the 1st district, is that until 1873,
Buda
Buda (; german: Ofen, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Budim, Будим, Czech and sk, BudÃn, 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 ...
served as the capital city of Hungary, so it was obvious to start the numbering at the
Buda Castle District. Districts on the
Pest
Pest or The Pest may refer to:
Science and medicine
* Pest (organism), an animal or plant deemed to be detrimental to humans or human concerns
** Weed, a plant considered undesirable
* Infectious disease, an illness resulting from an infection
** ...
side received numbers from IV to X.
Location
The Inner City is situated in the
Pest
Pest or The Pest may refer to:
Science and medicine
* Pest (organism), an animal or plant deemed to be detrimental to humans or human concerns
** Weed, a plant considered undesirable
* Infectious disease, an illness resulting from an infection
** ...
side, on the banks of the
Danube
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.
Neighbours of District V are (clockwise from north):
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Újlipótváros Újlipótváros ("New Leopold Town") is a neighborhood in the 13th district of Budapest, Hungary. It is located north to Lipótváros ("Leopold Town") neighbourhood of the 5th District, with the Szent István Boulevard (''Szent István körút'') s ...
("New Leopold Town") neighbourhood of the District XIII
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District VI: Terézváros ("Theresa Town")
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District VII: Erzsébetváros ("Elizabeth Town")
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District VIII: Józsefváros ("Joseph Town")
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District IX: Ferencváros ("Francis Town")
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River Danube
Landmarks
![Schiffer András Pilvax 2015-03-15](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Schiffer_Andr%C3%A1s_Pilvax_2015-03-15.JPG)
Inner City
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Inner City Parish Church
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Váci Street
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Evangelical
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Church on Ferenc Deák Square
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Pilvax Café
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Elisabeth Bridge
Elisabeth Bridge ( hu, Erzsébet hÃd) is the third newest bridge of Budapest, Hungary, connecting Buda and Pest across the River Danube. The bridge is situated at the narrowest part of the Danube in the Budapest area, spanning only 290 m. ...
Leopold Town
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Hungarian Parliament Building
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St Stephen's Basilica
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Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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Széchenyi Chain Bridge
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Gresham Palace
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Vigadó Concert Hall
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Liberty Square
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Danube Promenade
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History
From the middle of ...
* University Church
* U.S. Embassy
* Supreme Court
* Ministry of Education
* Ministry of Youth
* Ethnographical Museum
Politics
The current mayor of V. District of Budapest is
Péter Szentgyörgyvölgyi (Fidesz).
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:
List of mayors
Twin towns
''Belváros-Lipótváros is twinned with:''
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Gyergyószentmiklós
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It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The city administers four villages:
* Covacipeter / Kovácspéter
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Romania
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Old Town
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Kraków
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Poland
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Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
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Berlin
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District II of
Prague
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Czech Republic
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Topolya,
Serbia
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Torockó
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, Romania
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Ráhó,
Ukraine
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Rozsnyó, Slovakia
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Énlaka, Romania
See also
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Inner City
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Lipótváros
Lipótváros (, ) is a traditional neighbourhood in the city centre of Budapest, named after King Leopold II. It is one of the two neighbourhoods of District V, the other one being Inner City (Belváros), which is the old town of Pest. Lipótv ...
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List of districts in Budapest
Budapest, the capital of Hungary has 23 districts ( hu, kerület), each with its own municipal government.
The number of districts in Budapest
Budapest was organized into 10 districts (numbered from I to X) in 1873 after the unification of the ...
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List of tourist attractions in Budapest
Notes
References
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