Erzsébetváros

For the Romanian town called Erzsébetváros in Hungarian, see Dumbrăveni.
Budapest - Erzsébetváros
—  District  —
Country Hungary
Region Central Hungary
County Budapest
Area
 • Total 2.09 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 62,034
 • Density 29,681.3/km2 (76,874.2/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Erzsébetváros (German: Elisabethstadt) is the 7th district of Budapest, situated on the Pest side of the Danube. The inner half of the district was the historic Jewish quarter of Pest. The Dohány Street Synagogue, the largest functioning synagogue in Europe, is located in this district. Currently it is the most densely populated district of Budapest with 29,681.3 person per km2. In 1910 Erzsébetváros had 152,454 inhabitants. During the socialist era Erzsébertváros's population decreased rapidly, because young people and families moved to the newer "panelized" boom districts (Újpest, Újbuda, Óbuda, Kispest etc.). Gentrification and recovery started in the middle of 2000s.

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Name

Erzsébetváros was named after Queen Elisabeth, the popular wife of King Franz Joseph I on 17 January 1882.

Twin towns

Erzsébetváros is twinned with:

See also

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External links

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