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Budapest District V
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Budapest District V

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Also known as Belváros-Lipótváros

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

Settlement.name
5th District of Budapest
Settlement.official_name
District V
Settlement.native_name
Budapest V. kerülete
Settlement.other_name
Belváros-Lipótváros
Settlement.settlement_type
District of Budapest
Settlement.image_flag
Flag of the 5th District of Budapest.svg
Settlement.flag_size
125px
Settlement.image_shield
Coa Hungary Town Budapest 5th big.svg
Settlement.shield_size
110px
Settlement.image_map
Budapest Bezirk05.svg
Settlement.mapsize
250px
Settlement.map_caption
Location of District V in Budapest (shown in grey)
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Hungary
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Central Hungary
Settlement.subdivision_type2
City
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Budapest

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Budapest District V” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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