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1st District of Budapest Budapest I. kerületeVárkerület, Budavár
District of Budapest
District I
FlagCoat of arms
Location of District I in Budapest (shown in grey)
Coordinates: 47°29′51″N 19°02′17″E / 47.49750°N 19.03806°E / 47.49750; 19.03806
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Hungary
City	Budapest
Established	17 November 1873
Quarters	List Gellérthegy Krisztinaváros Tabán Vár Víziváros
Government
• Mayor	László Böröcz (Fidesz)
Area
• Total	3.41 km (1.32 sq mi)
• Rank	20th
Population
• Total	25,196
• Rank	22nd
• Density	7,400/km (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.budavar.hu

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.

Location

The Castle District is situated on the banks of the Danube, in the Buda side.

Neighbour districts of District I are (south to north):

• District XI: Újbuda ("New Buda"), which is most known of the universities and student life
• District XII: Hegyvidék ("Highlands")
• District II

Landmarks

• Buda Castle

• 

  Matthias Church
• Hungarian National Gallery
• Castle Hill Funicular
• Sándor Palace
• Fisherman's Bastion
• Labyrinth of Buda Castle
• Gellért Hill

Politics

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:

List of mayors

Twin towns – sister cities

Várkerület is twinned with:

• Križevci, Croatia
• Capestrano, Italy
• Carouge, Switzerland
• Innere Stadt (Vienna), Austria
• Lendava, Slovenia
• Adalar of Istanbul, Turkey
• Marlow, United Kingdom
• Mukachevo, Ukraine
• Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania
• Old Town (Bratislava), Slovakia
• Senta, Serbia
• Regensburg, Germany
• Savonlinna, Finland
• Prague 1 (Prague), Czech Republic
• Newbridge, Ireland
• Gränna, Sweden
• Śródmieście (Warsaw), Poland
• Verkiai of Vilnius, Lithuania
• Elche, Spain
• Orikumi, Albania
• Hvidovre Municipality, Denmark
• Maardu, Estonia

Notes

1. Coalition of Momentum–DK–MSZP–Dialogue–LMP-Our Castle.
2. He joined MDNP on 4 March 1996

References

1. "94/2012. (XII. 27.) Főv. Kgy. rendelet a közterület- és városrésznevek megállapításáról, azok jelöléséről, valamint a házszám-megállapítás szabályairól" (in Hungarian).
2. ^ "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.
3. "Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 - Budapest I. kerület". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
4. "Testvérvárosaink". budavar.hu (in Hungarian). Várkerület. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
5. "Budavár új testvérvárosa: Savonlinna" (PDF). budavar.hu (in Hungarian). Várnegyet. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2020.

External links

• Official website
• District I, Budapest travel guide from Wikivoyage

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Landmarks	Bridges Árpád Bridge Elisabeth Bridge Liberty Bridge Margaret Bridge Megyeri Bridge Petőfi Bridge Rákóczi Bridge Széchenyi Chain Bridge Castles and palaces Buda Castle Danube Palace Fisherman's Bastion Gresham Palace Hotel Astoria Hotel Gellért Labyrinth of Buda Castle Nagytétény Castle New York Palace Vajdahunyad Castle Government Carmelite Monastery of Buda Sándor Palace Hungarian Parliament Building House of Magnates Hungarian National Bank Budapest City Hall Memorials Holocaust Memorial Center Kossuth Memorial Liberty Statue Little Princess statue Matthias Fountain Shoes on Danube Bank Museums and galleries Aquincum Museum Museum of Ethnography Geological Museum Kunsthalle Hospital in the Rock House of Terror National Gallery National Museum Natural History Museum Semmelweis Museum of Medical History Railway History Park Koller Gallery Memento Park Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library Müpa Budapest Museum of Applied Arts Museum of Fine Arts National Széchényi Library Transportation Museum Southeast Asian Gold Museum Parks and gardens Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden City Park City Park Ice Rink Gellért Hill Haller Park Fiume Road National Graveyard Margaret Island Népliget Normafa Óbuda Island Religious buildings Dohány Street Synagogue Gellért Hill Cave Inner City Parish Church in Pest Lutheran Church of Budavár Mary Magdalene Church Matthias Church Our Lady of the Snows Parish Church Palace Chapel Rumbach Street Synagogue Saint Anne Parish St. Catherine of Alexandria Church Stigmatisation of Saint Francis Church Szilágyi Dezső Square Reformed Church St. Stephen's Basilica Tomb of Gül Baba University Church Church of St. George Sports venues Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium Bozsik Stadion Budai II. László Stadion City Park Ice Rink Danube Arena Szusza Ferenc Stadion Ferencváros Stadion Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Hungaroring-Formula One Illovszky Rudolf Stadion Kincsem Park Kisstadion MVM Dome National Athletics Centre Puskás Aréna Szőnyi úti Stadion László Papp Budapest Sports Arena Squares and streets Andrássy Avenue Citadella Danube Promenade Deák Ferenc Square Ferenciek Square Grand Boulevard Heroes' Square Hungary Boulevard Kossuth Square Liberty Square Oktogon Small Boulevard Széll Kálmán Square Váci Street Vörösmarty Square Móricz Zsigmond Square Theaters and opera Comedy Theatre Court Theatre of Buda Erkel Theatre Erzsébetliget Theatre Hungarian State Opera House Magyar Theatre National Theatre Vigadó of Pest Thermal spas Gellért Baths Király Baths Lukács Baths Rudas Baths Rácz Thermal Bath Széchenyi Medicinal Bath Other Anker Palace Café Gerbeaud Elizabeth Lookout Great Market Hall Gundel Restaurant Hungarian Academy of Sciences Millennium Underground Railway F-4 Object
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v t e Districts of Budapest
I. Várkerület II. 2nd district III. Óbuda-Békásmegyer IV. Újpest V. Belváros-Lipótváros VI. Terézváros VII. Erzsébetváros VIII. Józsefváros IX. Ferencváros X. Kőbánya XI. Újbuda XII. Hegyvidék XIII. 13th district XIV. Zugló XV. 15th district XVI. 16th district XVII. Rákosmente XVIII. Pestszentlőrinc-Pestszentimre XIX. Kispest XX. Pesterzsébet XXI. Csepel XXII. Budafok-Tétény XXIII. Soroksár

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