Belváros-Lipótváros

5th District of Budapest

Budapest V. kerülete
*Belváros-Lipótváros*
5th District of Budapest Budapest V. kerülete Belváros-Lipótváros
District of Budapest
	District V
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of District V in Budapest (shown in grey)
	Coordinates: 47°30′00″N 19°02′55″E / 47.50000°N 19.04861°E
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Hungary
City	Budapest
Established	17 November 1873
Quarters	List Belváros; Lipótváros;
Government
• Mayor	Péter Szentgyörgyvölgyi (Fidesz-KDNP)
Area
• Total	2.59 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
• Rank	21st
Population (2016)
• Total	26,284
• Rank	21st
• Density	10,148/km2 (26,280/sq mi)
Demonym	ötödik kerületi ("5th districter")
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	1051 ... 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):

Újlipótváros ("New Leopold Town") neighbourhood of the District XIII
District VI: Terézváros ("Theresa Town")
District VII: Erzsébetváros ("Elizabeth Town")
District VIII: Józsefváros ("Joseph Town")
District IX: Ferencváros ("Francis Town")
River Danube

Landmarks

Inner City

Inner City Parish Church
Váci Street
Evangelical Church on Ferenc Deák Square
Pilvax Café
Elisabeth Bridge

Leopold Town

Hungarian Parliament Building
St Stephen's Basilica
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Széchenyi Chain Bridge
Gresham Palace
Vigadó Concert Hall
Liberty Square
Danube Promenade
University Church
U.S. Embassy
Supreme Court
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Youth
Ethnographical Museum

Politics

The current mayor of V. District of Budapest is Péter Szentgyörgyvölgyi (Fidesz).

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:^[3]

Party		Seats	Current District Assembly
	Fidesz-KDNP	10	M
	Opposition coalition^[a]	5

List of mayors

	Party	Date
Gábor Mihályi	SZDSZ	1990–1994
Károly Karsai	Fidesz	1994–2002
Pál Steiner	MSZP	2002–2006
Antal Rogán	Fidesz	2006–2014
Péter Szentgyörgyvölgyi	Fidesz	2014–