| 3rd District of Budapest | |
| Official Name: | District III |
| Native Name: | Budapest III. kerülete |
| Other Name: | Óbuda-Békásmegyer |
| Flag Size: | 125px |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 17 November 1873 |
| Parts Type: | Quarters[1] |
| Parts Style: | coll |
| P1: | Aranyhegy-Ürömhegy-Péterhegy |
| P2: | Aquincum |
| P3: | Békásmegyer |
| P4: | Csillaghegy |
| P5: | Csúcshegy |
| P6: | Harsánylejtő |
| P7: | Hármashatár-hegy |
| P8: | Kaszásdűlő |
| P9: | Mocsárosdűlő |
| P10: | Óbuda |
| P11: | Óbuda hegyvidéke |
| P12: | Óbudai-sziget |
| P13: | Rómaifürdő |
| P14: | Solymárvölgy |
| P15: | Újlak |
| Area Total Km2: | 39.7 |
| Area Rank: | 3rd |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 130,415 |
| Population Density Km2: | 3285 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Rank: | 2nd |
| Population Demonym: | harmadik kerületi ("3rd districter") |
| Coordinates: | 47.5674°N 19.037°W |
| Postal Code: | 1031 ... 1039 |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Óbuda-Békásmegyer is the 3rd district of Budapest, Hungary.
The military camp, then city of Aquincum, located in part of what later became known as Óbuda, was built there by the Roman Empire. The settlement, which existed from the 1st to the 4th century, had a military and a separate civilian area. It had advanced infrastructure such as an aqueduct, a bath and two amphitheatres, one for the military and one for the civilians. Several villas belonged to the settlement, and the Roman governor had his palace on Hajógyári Island.
The current mayor of III. District of Budapest is László Kiss (DK).
The District Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 23 members (1 Mayor, 16 Individual constituencies MEPs and 6 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:[3]
| Party | Seats | Current District Assembly | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition coalition | 16 | M | |||||||||||||||||
| BB Óbudáért-Fidesz-KDNP | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Member | Party | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| István Tarlós | SZDSZ | 1990–2006 | |
| Ind. | |||
| Balázs Bús | Fidesz | 2006–2019 | |
| László Kiss | MSZP | 2019– | |
| DK | |||
Óbuda-Békásmegyer is twinned with:[4]
Bemowo (Warsaw), Poland
Büyükçekmece, Turkey
Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
Old Town (Košice), Slovakia