The 1st District of Budapest is the Castle District ( or ) and is the historical part of the Buda side of Budapest. It consists of the Buda Castle Hill and some other neighborhoods around it, such as Tabán, Krisztinaváros and parts of Gellért Hill.
Location The Castle District is situated on the banks of the Danube, in the Buda side.
Neighbour districts of District I are (south to north): District XI: Újbuda ("New Buda"), which is most known of the universities and student life District XII: Hegyvidék ("Highlands") District II
Landmarks Buda Castle Matthias Church Hungarian National Gallery Castle Hill Funicular Sándor Palace Fisherman's Bastion Labyrinth of Buda Castle Gellért Hill
Politics 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:
Party Seats Current District Assembly Opposition coalition 10M Fidesz-KDNP 5
List of mayors Member Party Date Imre Ligeti MDF 1990–1994 Tamás Katona MDF 1994–1998 Gábor Tamás Nagy Fidesz 1998–2019 Márta V. Naszályi PM 2019–2024 László Böröcz Fidesz 2024-
Twin towns – sister cities
Várkerület is twinned with:
Capestrano, Italy Carouge, Switzerland Innere Stadt (Vienna), Austria Lendava, Slovenia Marlow, England, United Kingdom Mukachevo, Ukraine Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania Old Town (Bratislava), Slovakia Prague 1 (Prague), Czech Republic Regensburg, Germany Savonlinna, Finland Senta, Serbia Śródmieście (Warsaw), Poland
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