District XVII of Budapest (known as Rákosmente) is a suburban district of Budapest on the left bank of the

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, in the eastern part of the capital. It is

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

's largest district, with an area of 54.82 km², and home to nearly 90,000 people, making it the seventh most populous district of Budapest. Towns that were different in nature, but closely connected, were annexed to the capital in 1950 as part of the

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plan. It is one of the most beautifully located districts of Pest, which is partly located as high as the 235 meters

Gellért Hill Gellért Hill ( hu, Gellért-hegy; german: Blocksberg; la, Mons Sancti Gerhardi tr, Gürz İlyas Bayırı) is a high hill overlooking the Danube in Budapest, Hungary. It is located in the 1st and the 11th districts. The hill was named after ...

. As the district is part of the Pest Plain, which gradually rises from the

to the east, the district's area is almost entirely hilly. The 241 meter high Erdő Hill, the highest point of the Pest side and the Pest Plain is also located here. The majority of the district is green area, in terms of per capita green and forest areas, the

2nd district of Budapest The 2nd district of Budapest is a district of Budapest, Hungary. It has an area of 36.34 km² and is situated to the south of the 3rd district and to the north of the 1st district and the 12th district. Notable places * Széll Kálmá ...

, the

Hegyvidék Hegyvidék (german: Bergland, literally "''Highlands''", or "''Mountain-land''") is the official name of the XII district of Budapest ( hu, Budapest XII. kerülete), capital of Hungary. It is a region of Buda, on the west bank of river Danube ...

and as well District XVII is the best-served districts of the capital. There are several nature reserves in its area, such as the 40-hectare Merzse-marsh full of plant rarities and rich birdlife, the vast green area of the Keresztúr Forest, and Lake Naplás, the second largest nature reserve in Budapest with 150 hectares, is also one of the most valuable ecological areas in the area. District XVII was the most popular district of Budapest according to the moves in 2019, 1045 more people settled here down than who moved out. The population of the suburban district growth as a result of

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and still increasing today, despite the fact that the population of Budapest has decreased by hundreds of thousands in recent decades. Due to the population growth, new housing estates areas were built on previously green or agricultural areas, and the existing ones were expanded. The district has high level of public transport supply, with BKV busz symbol

67, 97E, 161, 161A, 169E, 261E bus lines taking 15–20 minutes from the western part of the district and around 25 minutes from the eastern part to arrive directly to Örs vezér tere and to BKV_metro

Metro Line M2, while with BKV busz symbol

68, 201E, 202E buses Kőbánya-Kispest metro station and BKV_metro

Metro Line M3 is directly accessible. The area is easily accessible from the city center at night with BKK night line logo

956 and 990 night buses, which covering almost the entire district. In addition, there are six train stops in the immediate vicinity of the residential areas, from where can be reached the

Budapest 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 ...

in 15 minutes with modern suburban trains.

Neighbourhoods

The names of the neighbourhoods in Rákosmente come from the names of the original villages, adding the newly built neighbourhoods as well: Budapest XVII

# Régiakadémiatelep (1930s) # Rákoskeresztúr (13th century) # Madárdomb (1984) # Akadémiaújtelep (1950s) # Rákosliget (1896) # Rákoscsaba-Újtelep (1925) # Rákoscsaba (11th century) # Rákoskert (1933) # Rákoshegy (1892)

Location

It is one of the most beautifully located districts of Pest, which is partly as high as Gellért Hill. As it is part of the Pest alluvial plain, which gradually rises east of the Danube within the Pest Plain, its area is almost entirely hilly. The Pest side and at the same time the highest point of the Pest plain, Erdő-hegy, is also located here at the easternmost residential meeting of Rákoskert and Rákoscsaba, along Pesti út. Its height is 241 meters (Gellért Hill is 235 meters). From the eastern border of the district, the slopes of the Gödöllő Hills start to the north and the Monor – Irsai Hills to the south. Rákosmente with its area of 54.83 km², is more than 25 times larger than the smallest district;

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"Elisabethtown" (7th). Rákosmente is bordered by the 16th district to the northwest, by the 10th district to the west, by the 18th district to the southwest, by

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and

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to the southeast, by

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to the east and by Nagytarcsa to the northeast.

Economy

In terms of economy, Rákosmente belongs to the most developed part of Hungary, the

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region. Rákosmente is an important supply center of the Budapest metropolitan area, and attracts the surrounding settlements (

) to provides administrative service, public cultural services and health functions as well. There are two major industrial facilities (

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) and one fruit processing plant (Rauch) in Rákosmente. The agricultural activity in the district is negligible. In 2011, 7,169 operating enterprises were registered in Rákosmenten, and the local economy is primarily dominated by service firms. From local firms 791 were retail stores, of which 133 were grocery stores, 127 food specialty stores, and 406 were non-food retail specialty stores. The number of petrol stations in the district in 2011 was 14 and the number of vehicle shops was 65. There are three operating markets and trade fairs in the district, of which one is municipally owned and two are privately owned. The number of restaurants was 191 in the district.Rákosmente 2015–2030 Settlement Development Concept - 2.2.2 Economy
/ref> According to the 2011 census, 56.0% of the people living in Rákosmente work outside the district, this ratio is equal to the average commuting data of the districts of Budapest. The commuting time of the residents to work is 39.5 minutes on average, only slightly higher than in the case of the inner districts, which showed a value of 36 minutes. Most of the neighbourhoods of Rákosmente has no significant variance in the social composition and employment indicators. The economic characteristic of the population of the newly built Madárdomb and the population living on the outskirts differ significantly. While Madárdomb is a young part of the settlement, the inhabitants of it mostly came from the upper-middle class segments, understandably all indicators (employment, education) show an outstanding value, while in the outskirts they are significantly worse. The biggest positive difference is in case of Madárdomb, where the proportion of people with higher education is 46.7%, twice the district average and more than five times higher, than the peripheral indicator.Rákosmente Settlement Development Strategy Foundation, page 80
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Population

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Sport

The

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club,

Rákosmenti KSK Rákosmenti Községi Sport Kör is a professional football club based in Rákosmente, Budapest, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság III, the third tier of Hungarian football. Name changes *1947–48: Rákoskerti MaDISz *1948–5 ...

, is based in Rákosmente.

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Notable people

* Csaba Abaházi, radio presenter * Béla Bartók, composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist * Berky Lili, actress *

Ákos Buzsáky Ákos Buzsáky (born 7 May 1982) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played in the Nemzeti Bajnokság for MTK Budapest and Ferencváros, the Primeira Liga for Porto, the Premier League for Queens Par ...

, football * Renée Erdős, poet, novelist *

Gyula Gózon Gyula Gózon (19 April 1885 – 8 October 1972) was a Hungarian actor and comedian. Life Gyula Gózon was born on 19 April 1885, in Érsekújvár, but grew up in Esztergom. With the mentoring of his brother, he could fulfill his dream of lea ...

, actor * György Kiss, Mihály Munkácsy Prize painter, sculptor, medalist * Krencsey Marianne, actress * Monika Laborcz, ceramicist * Endre Mányoky, journalist * Harghita Mecsek, sculptor and graphic artist * Kristóf Nyíri, philosopher * Gyula Radnai, physicist * Elemér Ragályi, cameraman * S. István Nagy, lyricist * Béla Soós, reformed theologian, church historian * István Szilágyi, actor * László Bényi, painter * Zoltán Sztancsek, geologist, superintendent of the city of Budapest, former director of the Department Museum * Ferenc Vigyázó, Hungarian politician, member of the upper house, legal writer * Jozsef Gregor, operatic bass * Tibor Bitskey, actor * János Kodolányi, writer *

László Rédei László Rédei (15 November 1900 – 21 November 1980) was a Hungarian mathematician. Rédei graduated from the University of Budapest and initially worked as a schoolteacher. In 1940 he was appointed professor in the University of Szeged and i ...

, mathematician *

Franz von Vecsey Franz von Vecsey (born Ferenc Vecsey; 23 March 18935 April 1935) was a Hungarian violinist and composer, who became a well-known virtuoso in Europe through the early 20th century. Early life and career He was born in Budapest and began his vi ...