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2nd district of Budapest
District of Budapest in Central Hungary, Hungary
The 2nd district of Budapest is a district of Budapest, Hungary. It has an area of 36.34 km2 and is situated to the south of the 3rd district and to the north of the 1st district and the 12th district.
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2nd District of Budapest
Budapest II. kerülete | |
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| District II | |
Location of District II in Budapest (shown in grey) | |
| Coordinates: 47°31′20″N 19°01′25″E | |
| Country | Hungary |
| Region | Central Hungary |
| City | Budapest |
| Established | 17 November 1873 |
| Quarters[1] | List
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| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gergely Őrsi (MSZP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 36.34 km2 (14.03 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 5th |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
| • Total | 89,903 |
| • Rank | 7th |
| • Density | 2,473/km2 (6,410/sq mi) |
| Demonym | második kerületi ("2nd districter") |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 1021 ... 1029 |
| Website | www |
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- Széll Kálmán tér, one of the city's biggest transport interchanges.
- Mammut shopping centre
- Central Statistical Office Library, one of the largest public libraries in Budapest
- Millenáris Park
- Church of Our Lady of Sarlós, a historic Roman Catholic church built in the 18th century
The current mayor of II. District of Budapest is Gergely Örsi (MSZP).
The District Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 21 members (1 Mayor, 14 Individual constituencies MEPs and 6 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:[3]
More information Party, Seats ...
| Party | Seats | Current District Assembly | ||||||||||||
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| Opposition coalition[lower-alpha 1] | 12 | M | ||||||||||||
| Fidesz-KDNP | 8 | |||||||||||||
| MKKP | 1 | |||||||||||||
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List of mayors
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| Member | Party | Date | |
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| Gyula Póta | SZDSZ | 1990–1998 | |
| György B. Bencze | Fidesz | 1998–2002 | |
| Csaba Horváth | MSZP | 2002–2006 | |
| Zsolt Láng | Fidesz | 2006–2019 | |
| Gergely Őrsi | MSZP | 2019– | |
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2nd district of Budapest is twinned with:[4]
Beşiktaş, Turkey- Finike, Turkey
Mosbach, Germany
Żoliborz (Warsaw), Poland
- "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 II. kerület". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- "Testvérvárosaink" (in Hungarian). Második kerület Budapest. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
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