The 2nd district of Budapest (hu ⓘ) 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.
2nd District of Budapest
Budapest II. kerülete | |
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| District II | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of District II in Budapest (shown in grey) | |
| Coordinates: 47°31′20″N 19°01′25″E / 47.52222°N 19.02361°E | |
| Country | Hungary |
| Region | Central Hungary |
| City | Budapest |
| Established | 17 November 1873 |
| Quarters[1] | List
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| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gergely Őrsi (Ind.) |
| Area | |
• Total | 36.34 km2 (14.03 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 5th |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 89,903 |
| • Rank | 7th |
| • Density | 2,474/km2 (6,407/sq mi) |
| Demonym | második kerületi ("2nd districter") |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 1021 ... 1029 |
| Website | www |
Notable places
edit- 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
Politics
editThe current mayor of the 2nd district is Gergely Őrsi (independent). Őrsi was arrested on 4 June 2026 and accused of taking bribes as part of the Óbuda scandal.[3]
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:[4]
| Party | Seats | Current District Assembly | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition coalition[a] | 12 | M | ||||||||||||
| Fidesz-KDNP | 8 | |||||||||||||
| MKKP | 1 | |||||||||||||
List of mayors
edit| Member | Party | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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– | |
| Ind. | |||
Twin towns – sister cities
edit2nd district of Budapest is twinned with:[5]
Beşiktaş, Turkey- Finike, Turkey
Mosbach, Germany
Żoliborz (Warsaw), Poland
Notes
editReferences
edit- ↑ "94/2012. (XII. 27.) Főv. Kgy. rendelet - a közterület- és városrésznevek megállapításáról, azok jelöléséről, valamint a házszám-megállapítás szabályairól" (in Hungarian).
- 1 2 "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.
- ↑ Bánáti, Anna; Weiler, Vilmos (4 June 2026). "Óbudai korrupciós ügy: letartóztatták Őrsi Gergelyt, Láng Zsoltot és hat másik gyanúsítottat" [Óbuda corruption scandal: Gergely Őrsi, Zsolt Láng and six others were arrested]. Telex.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 5 June 2026. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
- ↑ "Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 - Budapest II. kerület". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ↑ "Testvérvárosaink" (in Hungarian). Második kerület Budapest. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
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