Budapest District V
thumb|Hungarian Parliament 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 neighbo
Key facts
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- 5th District of Budapest
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- District V
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- Budapest V. kerülete
- Settlement.other_name
- Belváros-Lipótváros
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- District of Budapest
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- Flag of the 5th District of Budapest.svg
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- 125px
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- Coa Hungary Town Budapest 5th big.svg
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- 110px
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- Budapest Bezirk05.svg
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- 250px
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- Location of District V in Budapest (shown in grey)
Article
8 sectionsContents
- Location
- Landmarks
- Politics
- List of mayors
- Twin towns
- See also
- Notes
- References
thumb|Hungarian Parliament 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.