Erzsébetváros

For the city named Erzsébetváros in Romania, see Dumbrăveni.

Budapest - Erzsébetváros
District
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Hungary
County	Budapest
Area
• Total	2.09 km2 (0.81 sq mi)
Population
• Total	62,034
• Density	29,681.3/km2 (76,874/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Erzsébetváros (Template:Lang-de) is the seventh 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 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.

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:

• Sveti Vlas, Bulgaria
• Požega, Croatia
• Nevers, France
• Stavroupoli, Thessaloniki, Greece
• Siedlce, Poland
• Stari Grad, Belgrade, Serbia
• Karlovac, Croatia

See also

• List of districts in Budapest