Óbuda-Békásmegyer
3rd District of Budapest
Budapest III. kerülete Óbuda-Békásmegyer | |
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| District III | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of District III in Budapest (shown in grey) | |
| Coordinates: 47°34′03″N 19°02′13″E / 47.5674°N 19.0370°E | |
| Country | Hungary |
| Region | Central Hungary |
| City | Budapest |
| Established | 17 November 1873 |
| Quarters[1] | List
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| Government | |
| • Mayor | László Kiss (DK) |
| Area | |
• Total | 39.7 km2 (15.3 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 3rd |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 130,415 |
| • Rank | 2nd |
| • Density | 3,285/km2 (8,510/sq mi) |
| Demonym | harmadik kerületi ("3rd districter") |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 1031 ... 1039 |
| Website | obuda |
Óbuda-Békásmegyer is the 3rd district of Budapest, Hungary.
Landmarks
[edit]- Aquincum, ruins of the Roman city
- Óbuda Jewish Cemetery
- Római Part (Roman Beach)
History
[edit]The military camp, then city of Aquincum, located in part of what later became known as Óbuda, was built there by the Roman Empire. The settlement, which existed from the 1st to the 4th century, had a military and a separate civilian area. It had advanced infrastructure such as an aqueduct, a bath and two amphitheatres, one for the military and one for the civilians. Several villas belonged to the settlement, and the Roman governor had his palace on Hajógyári Island.
Politics
[edit]The current mayor of III. District of Budapest is László Kiss (DK).
The District Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 23 members (1 Mayor, 16 Individual constituencies MEPs and 6 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:[3]
| Party | Seats | Current District Assembly | ||||||||||||||||
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| Opposition coalition[a] | 16 | M | ||||||||||||||||
| BB Óbudáért-Fidesz-KDNP | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
List of mayors
[edit]| Member | Party | Date | |
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| István Tarlós | SZDSZ | 1990–2006 | |
| Ind. | |||
| Balázs Bús | Fidesz | 2006–2019 | |
| László Kiss | MSZP | 2019– | |
| DK | |||
Twin towns – sister cities
[edit]Óbuda-Békásmegyer is twinned with:[4]
Bemowo (Warsaw), Poland
Billigheim, Germany
Büyükçekmece, Turkey
Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
Old Town (Košice), Slovakia
Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "94/2012. (XII. 27.) Főv. Kgy. rendelet - a közterület- és városrésznevek megállapításáról, azok jelöléséről, valamint a házszám-megállapítás szabályairól" (in Hungarian).
- ^ a b "A fővárosi kerületek, a megyei jogú városok, a városok területe, lakónépessége és a lakások száma" [The area of districts of the capital, of the towns with county's rights, resident population and number of dwellings]. Magyarország közigazgatási helynévkönyve 2016. január 1 [Gazetteer of Hungary 1 January 2016] (PDF). Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 2016. p. 21.
- ^ "Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 - Budapest III. kerület". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ "Testvérvárosok" (in Hungarian). Óbuda-Békásmegyer. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
External links
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