Belváros-Lipótváros Explained

5th District of Budapest
Official Name:	District V
Native Name:	Budapest V. kerülete
Other Name:	Belváros-Lipótváros
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:	Belváros
P2:	Lipótváros
Leader Title:	Mayor
Leader Name:	Péter Szentgyörgyvölgyi
Leader Party:	Fidesz-KDNP
Area Total Km2:	2.59
Area Rank:	21st
Area Footnotes:	^[2]
Population Total:	26,284
Population Density Km2:	10,148
Population As Of:	2016
Population Rank:	21st
Population Demonym:	ötödik kerületi ("5th districter")
Coordinates:	47.5°N 19.0486°W
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	1051 ... 1056
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+2

District V is the heart of Budapest and the political, financial, commercial and touristic center of Hungary. The name of the district is Belváros-Lipótváros (English: Inner City – Leopold Town), which refers to the two historical neighbourhoods that is located in the district; Belváros ("Inner City") and Lipótváros ("Leopold Town").Inner City is the old town of Pest, while Leopold Town was established in the early 19th century, and became the political and financial centre of Hungary in the early 20th century when the Hungarian Parliament was built. The two neighbourhoods were originally the 4th (Inner City) and 5th (Leopold Town) districts of Budapest until 1950 when the two districts were merged and number IV was given to Újpest ("New Pest").

Today there is a coexisting larger definition of "inner city" (with lower case letters) which includes all of District V and some parts of District VI, District VII, District VIII, District IX and District XIII, and sometimes even some parts of the Buda side, however this larger definition is only colloquial.

The reason Inner City is not the 1st district, is that until 1873, Buda served as the capital city of Hungary, so it was obvious to start the numbering at the Buda Castle District. Districts on the Pest side received numbers from IV to X.

Location

The Inner City is situated in the Pest side, on the banks of the Danube.

Neighbours of District V are (clockwise from north):

Újlipótváros ("New Leopold Town") neighbourhood of the District XIII
District VI

Terézváros ("Theresa Town")

District VII

Erzsébetváros ("Elizabeth Town")

District VIII

Józsefváros ("Joseph Town")

District IX

Ferencváros ("Francis Town")

River Danube

Landmarks

Inner City

Inner City Parish Church
Váci Street
Evangelical Church on Ferenc Deák Square
Pilvax Café
Elisabeth Bridge

Leopold Town

Hungarian Parliament Building
St Stephen's Basilica
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Széchenyi Chain Bridge
Gresham Palace
Vigadó Concert Hall
Liberty Square
Danube Promenade
University Church
U.S. Embassy
Supreme Court
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Youth
Ethnographical Museum

Politics

The current mayor of V. District of Budapest is Péter Szentgyörgyvölgyi (Fidesz).

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
	Fidesz-KDNP	10	M
	Opposition coalition	5

List of mayors

	Party	Date
Gábor Mihályi	SZDSZ	1990–1994
Károly Karsai	Fidesz	1994–2002
Pál Steiner	MSZP	2002–2006
Antal Rogán	Fidesz	2006–2014
Péter Szentgyörgyvölgyi	Fidesz	2014–