Erzsébetváros

For the Romanian town called Erzsébetváros in Hungarian, see Dumbrăveni.

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Erzsébetváros Elizabeth Town
District of Budapest
District VII
Coat of arms
Location of District V, shown in blue, in Budapest
Country	Hungary
City	Budapest
District	District VII
Government
• Mayor	Vattamány Zsolt
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)
Website	www.erzsebetvaros.hu

Erzsébetváros (Template:Lang-de or Template:Lang-en) 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.

Twin towns

Erzsébetváros is twinned with:

• Sveti Vlas, Bulgaria
• Požega, Croatia
• Nevers, France
• Stavroupoli, Thessaloniki, Greece
• Siedlce, Poland
• Stari Grad, Belgrade, Serbia
• Karlovac, Croatia
• Safed, Israel
• Comrat, Moldova (Gagauzia)

See also

• List of districts in Budapest

Gallery

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  Madách square
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  Blaha Lujza square
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  the Synagogue
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  Square of Roses

External links

• Aerial photographs of Erzsébetváros
• The old jewish quarter of Pest