List of districts in Budapest
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Budapest, the capital of Hungary has 23 "kerület" or districts, each with its own municipal government.
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[edit] The number of districts in Budapest
Budapest had 10 districts after coming into existence by the unification of the cities of Pest, Buda and Óbuda in 1873, numbered I to X. In the 1930s, 4 new districts were organized, numbered XI to XIV. On 1 January 1950, Budapest was amalgamated with 7 neighboring towns and 16 villages, and the number of its districts increased to 22. District IV was dissolved and the number was given to the northernmost newly merged town (Újpest), further amalgamated territories were organized as districts XV - XXII. Former district borders were also partly modified but the old numbering system is still clear on the map. In 1994, one of the former villages left district XX and the new district XXIII was born.
[edit] Districts
Listed below are the ordinal numbers of the 23 districts of Budapest, their official names (if there is one), and the names of the neighbourhoods within the districts. Each district can be associated with one or more neighbourhoods named after former towns within Budapest.
Buda is the hilly part on the west bank of the Danube.
Pest is the flat part on the east bank of the Danube.
Csepel is an island in the south between them. (Note: two additional islands form parts of District III and District XIII.)
District | Neighborhoods |
I. kerület (Várkerület) |
Buda Castle, Castle District, Tabán, Gellérthegy, Krisztinaváros, southern Víziváros |
II. kerület | Adyliget, Budakeszierdő, Budaliget, Csatárka, Erzsébetliget, Erzsébettelek, Felhévíz, Gercse, Hársakalja, Hárshegy, Hűvösvölgy, Kővár, Kurucles, Lipótmező, Máriaremete, Nyék, Országút, Pálvölgy, Pasarét, Pesthidegkút-Ófalu, Petneházy-rét, Remetekertváros, Rézmál, Rózsadomb, Szemlőhegy, Széphalom, Szépilona, Szépvölgy, Törökvész, Újlak, Vérhalom, northern Víziváros, Zöldmál. |
III. kerület | Óbuda, Aquincum, Aranyhegy, Békásmegyer, Csillaghegy, Csúcshegy, Filatorigát, Hármashatárhegy, Kaszásdűlő, Mátyáshegy, Mocsárosdűlő, Óbudai-sziget, Remetehegy, Rómaifürdő, Solymárvölgy, Szépvölgy, Táborhegy, Testvérhegy, Törökkő, Ürömhegy, Újlak. |
IV. kerület (Újpest) |
Újpest, Megyer, Káposztásmegyer, Székesdűlő, Istvántelek. |
V. kerület | Belváros (in a narrow sense), Lipótváros |
VI. kerület (Terézváros) |
Terézváros |
VII. kerület (Erzsébetváros) |
Erzsébetváros |
District VIII (Józsefváros) |
Józsefváros, Kerepesdűlő, Tisztviselőtelep |
IX. kerület (Ferencváros) |
Ferencváros, Gubacsidűlő, József Attila-lakótelep |
X. kerület (Kőbánya) |
Felsőrákos, Gyárdűlő, Keresztúridűlő, Kőbánya-Kertváros |
XI. kerület (Újbuda) |
Albertfalva, Dobogó, Gazdagrét, Gellérthegy, Hosszúrét, Kamaraerdő, Kelenföld, Kelenvölgy, Kőérberek, Lágymányos, Madárhegy, Őrmező, Örsöd, Péterhegy, Pösingermajor, Sasad, Sashegy, Spanyolrét, Tabán |
XII. kerület (Hegyvidék) |
Budakeszierdő, Csillebérc, Farkasrét, Farkasvölgy, Istenhegy, Jánoshegy, Kissvábhegy, Krisztinaváros, Kútvölgy, Magasút, Mártonhegy, Németvölgy, Orbánhegy, Sashegy, Svábhegy, Széchenyihegy, Virányos. |
XIII. kerület | Újlipótváros, Angyalföld, Vizafogó, Margaret Island |
XIV. kerületi (Zugló) |
Alsórákos, Herminamező, Istvánmező, Kiszugló, Nagyzugló, Rákosfalva, Törökőr, City Park |
XV. kerület | Rákospalota, Pestújhely, Újpalota |
XVI. kerület | Mátyásföld, Sashalom, Cinkota, Rákosszentmihály, Árpádföld, Kisszentmihály, Ilonatelep, Petőfikert, Nagyiccetelep, Szentgyörgytelep, Szabadságtelep, Huszkatelep |
XVII. kerület (Rákosmente) |
Rákoskeresztúr, Rákoscsaba, Rákoscsaba-Újtelep, Rákosliget, Rákoshegy, Rákoskert, Akadémiaújtelep, Madárdomb, Régiakadémiatelep |
XVIII. kerület | Pestszentlőrinc, Pestszentimre |
XIX. kerület (Kispest) |
Kispest, Wekerletelep |
XX. kerület (Pesterzsébet) |
Gubacsipuszta, Kossuthfalva, Pacsirtatelep, Pesterzsébet, Pesterzsébet-Szabótelep |
XXI. kerület (Csepel) |
Csepel |
XXII. kerület | Budatétény, Nagytétény, Budafok |
XXIII. kerület (Soroksár) |
Soroksár |
[edit] Arrangement of districts
District I is a small area in central Buda (the western side), including the historic Castle. District II is in Buda again, in the northwest, and District III stretches along in the northernmost part of Buda.
To reach District IV, one must cross the Danube to find it in Pest (the eastern side), also at north. With District V, another circle begins: it is located in the absolute centre of Pest. Districts VI, VII, VIII and IX are the neighbouring areas to the east, going southwards, one after the other.
District X is another, more external circle also in Pest, while one must jump to the Buda side again to find Districts XI and XII, going northwards. No more districts remaining in Buda in this circle, we must turn our steps to Pest again to find Districts XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX and XX (mostly external city parts), almost regularly in a semi-circle, going southwards again.
District XXI is the extension of the above route over a branch of the Danube, the northern tip of a long island (Csepel-sziget) south from Budapest. District XXII is still on the same route in southwest Buda, and finally District XXIII is again in southernmost Pest, irregular only because it was part of District XX until the mid-90s.
[edit] Sister cities/districts
District I (Budavár)
District II
District III (Óbuda-Békásmegyer)
District IV (Újpest)
District V (Inner City)
District VII (Erzsébetváros)
- Sveti Vlas, Bulgaria
- Požega, Croatia
- Nevers, France
- Stavroupoli, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Siedlce, Poland
District VIII (Józsefváros)
District IX (Ferencváros)
District X (Kőbánya)
District XI (Újbuda)
District XII (Hegyvidék)
District XIII
- Floridsdorf, Vienna, Austria
- Osijek, Croatia
- Ochota, Warsaw, Poland
- Sovata, Romania
- Košice IV, Slovakia
District XIV (Zugló)
- Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania (Twin town of the Armenian Self-Government in Zugló)
- Racoş, Romania
District XV
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District XVI
- Târgu Mureş, Romania
- Waltershausen, Germany
- Novi Vinodolski, Croatia
- Canistro, Italy
- Kraków, Poland
- Biskupice, Slovakia
District XVII
District XVIII
District XIX (Kispest)
District XX
District XXI
District XXII
District XXIII
- Tvardica, Bulgaria
- Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania
- Nürtingen, Germany