District V, Budapest

Belváros-Lipótváros
“Inner City – Leopold Town”
district
District V

Váci Street, the famous shopping street in District V

Location of District V, shown in red, in Budapest
Coordinates: 47°30′00″N 19°02′55″E / 47.50000°N 19.04861°E / 47.50000; 19.04861
Country Hungary
City Budapest
District District V
Established 1873
Merged 1950
Government
 • Type mayor
 • Mayor Péter Szentgyörgyvölgyi
Area
 • Total 2.59 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
Population (2015)
 • Total 26,277
 • Density 10,000/km2 (26,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s) ötödik kerületi (“5th districter”)
ZIP Code prefix 1051, 1052, .. 1056
Website www.belvaros-lipotvaros.hu

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 ("Leopold Town"). Inner City is the old town of Pest, 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 side, however this larger definition is only colloquial.

The reason Inner City is not the 1st district, is that until 1873, Buda served as the capital city of Hungary, so it was obvious to start the numbering at the Buda Castle District. Districts on the Pest side received numbers from IV to X.

Location

The Inner City is situated in the Pest side, on the banks of the Danube.

Neighbours of District V are (clockwise from north):

Landmarks

András Schiffer, co-leader of the Politics Can Be Different party, speaking at Pilvax Café, the place where the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was sparked, on the anniversary 15 March 2015.

Inner City

Leopold Town

Twin towns

See also

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Inner City.
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