Budapest District VII

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Key facts

Settlement.name: 7th District of Budapest
Settlement.official_name: District VII
Settlement.native_name: Budapest VII. kerülete
Settlement.other_name: Erzsébetváros
Settlement.settlement_type: District of Budapest
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of the 7th District of Budapest.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 125px
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of arms of the 7th District of Budapest.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 110px
Settlement.image_map: Budapest Bezirk07.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of District VII in Budapest (shown in grey)

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Name
History
Demographics
Politics
List of mayors
Twin towns – sister cities
See also
Gallery
Notes
References
External links

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Erzsébetváros (; , lit. Elizabethtown) is the 7th district of Budapest, situated on the Pest side of the Danube. The inner half of the district was the historic Jewish quarter of Pest. The Dohány Street Synagogue, the largest functioning synagogue in Europe, is located in this district. Currently it is the most densely populated district of Budapest with 23,630 inhabitants per km2. == Name == Erzsébetváros was named on 17 January 1882 after Queen Elisabeth (a.k.a. "The Empress Sissi"), the popular consort of Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary Franz Joseph I of the Habsburg Empire. Until the unification of Budapest in 1873 this area was part of Terézváros. Between 1873 and 1882 it was named District VII without name.