| 1st District of Budapest | |
| Official Name: | District I |
| Native Name: | Budapest I. kerülete |
| Other Name: | Várkerület, Budavár |
| Settlement Type: | District of Budapest |
| Flag Size: | 125px |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Hungary |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Hungary |
| Subdivision Type2: | City |
| Subdivision Name2: | Budapest |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 17 November 1873 |
| Parts Type: | Quarters[1] |
| Parts Style: | coll |
| P1: | Gellérthegy |
| P2: | Krisztinaváros |
| P3: | Tabán |
| P4: | Vár |
| P5: | Víziváros |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Márta V. Naszályi |
| Leader Party: | Dialogue |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.41 |
| Area Rank: | 20th |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 25196 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Rank: | 22nd |
| Population Demonym: | első kerületi ("1st districter") |
| Coordinates: | 47.4975°N 19.0381°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 1011 ... 1016 |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Leader Title1: | Deputy Mayor |
| Leader Name1: | Ferenc Gelencsér (Momentum) Gábor Csobánczy |
The 1st District of Budapest is the Castle District (Hungarian: Várkerület or Hungarian: Budavár) and is the historical part of the Buda side of Budapest. It consists of the Buda Castle Hill and some other neighborhoods around it, like Tabán, Krisztinaváros and parts of Gellért Hill.
The Castle District is situated on the banks of the Danube, in the Buda side.
Neighbours of District I are (clockwise from north):
The current mayor of I. District of Budapest is Márta V. Naszályi (Dialogue).
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 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition coalition | 10 | M | |||||||||||
| Fidesz-KDNP | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Member | Party | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imre Ligeti | MDF | 1990–1994 | ||
| Tamás Katona | MDF | 1994–1998 | ||
| Gábor Tamás Nagy | Fidesz | 1998–2019 | ||
| Márta V. Naszályi | PM | 2019– | ||
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary. Várkerület is twinned with:[4] [5]
Križevci, Croatia
Capestrano, Italy
Innere Stadt (Vienna), Austria
Lendava, Slovenia
Adalar of Istanbul, Turkey
Mukachevo, Ukraine
Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania
Old Town (Bratislava), Slovakia
Senta, Serbia
Savonlinna, Finland
Prague 1 (Prague), Czech Republic
Gränna, Sweden
Śródmieście (Warsaw), Poland
Verkiai of Vilnius, Lithuania
Elche, Spain
Orikumi, Albania
Maardu, Estonia