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7th District of Budapest

Budapest VII. kerülete
*Erzsébetváros*
7th District of Budapest Budapest VII. kerülete Erzsébetváros
District of Budapest
	District VII
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of District VII in Budapest (shown in grey)
	Coordinates: 47°30′2″N 19°4′7.41″E / 47.50056°N 19.0687250°E
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Hungary
City	Budapest
Established	17 November 1873
Quarters	List Erzsébetváros;
Government
• Mayor	Zsolt Vattamány (Fidesz-KDNP)
Area
• Total	2.09 km2 (0.81 sq mi)
• Rank	23rd
Population (2016)
• Total	53,381
• Rank	19th
• Density	25,541/km2 (66,150/sq mi)
Demonym	hetedik kerületi ("7th districter")
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	1071 ... 1078
Website	erzsebetvaros.hu

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Erzsébetváros (Template:Lang-de or Elizabethtown) 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 Erzsébetváros'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 the 2000s.

Name

Erzsébetváros was named after Queen Elisabeth, the popular wife of King Franz Joseph I on 17 January 1882.
Until the unification of Budapest in 1873 this area was part of Terézváros. Between 1873 and 1882 it was named District VII without name.

Politics

The current mayor of Budapest, VII. district is Zsolt Vattamány (Fidesz-KDNP).

The local District Assembly has 17 members divided into this political parties and alliances:^[3]

	Party	Seats	2014 Council
	Fidesz-KDNP	8
	Unity (DK-MSZP-Együtt-Füge-PM-EEE)	7
	Politics Can Be Different (LMP)	1
	Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik)	1

Twin towns

Erzsébetváros is twinned with:

Gallery

Madách square
Blaha Lujza square
The Synagogue
Square of Roses

References

^ "94/2012. (XII. 27.) Főv. Kgy. rendelet – a közterület- és városrésznevek megállapításáról, azok jelöléséről, valamint a házszám-megállapítás szabályairól" (in Hungarian).
^ ^a ^b "A fővárosi kerületek, a megyei jogú városok, a városok területe, lakónépessége és a lakások száma" [The area of districts of the capital, of the towns with county's rights, resident population and number of dwellings]. Magyarország közigazgatási helynévkönyve 2016. január 1 [Gazetteer of Hungary 1 January 2016] (PDF). Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 2016. p. 21.
^ [1]

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[1] "94/2012. (XII. 27.) Főv. Kgy. rendelet – a közterület- és városrésznevek megállapításáról, azok jelöléséről, valamint a házszám-megállapítás szabályairól" (in Hungarian).

[KSH-2] "A fővárosi kerületek, a megyei jogú városok, a városok területe, lakónépessége és a lakások száma" [The area of districts of the capital, of the towns with county's rights, resident population and number of dwellings]. Magyarország közigazgatási helynévkönyve 2016. január 1 [Gazetteer of Hungary 1 January 2016] (PDF). Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 2016. p. 21.

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