Újbuda (lit. New Buda) is the 11th district of Budapest (), Hungary. It is the most populous district of Budapest with 137,426 inhabitants (2008). Until the 1890s, Újbuda's present territory was a field south of the historical town of Buda. The construction of a new residential area started in the 1900s, the present district was formed in 1930.History of Újbuda (Hungarian) From 1880 to 1980, Újbuda's population increased from 1,180 to 178,960.Historical population of Újbuda (Hungarian Central Statistical Office) There are boulevards, avenues with tram lines, and communist-era housing estates in the district. Line 4 of the Budapest metro passes through Újbuda.
Neighborhoods Albertfalva Dobogó Gazdagrét Gellérthegy (partially) Hosszúrét Infopark Kamaraerdő Kelenföld Kelenvölgy Kőérberek Lágymányos Madárhegy Nádorkert Őrmező Örsöd Péterhegy Pösingermajor Sasad Sashegy (partially) Szentimreváros Spanyolrét Tabán (partially)
Population Ethnic groups (2001 census) Magyars - 91.4% Germans - 1.2% Others - 1.8% No answer - 5.6%
Religions (2001 census) Roman Catholic - 47.1% Calvinist - 12% Lutheran - 2.8% Greek Catholic - 1.4% Jewish - 0.45% Other (Christian) - 1% Other (non-Christian) - 0.5% Atheists - 18% No answer, unknown - 16.6%
Transport Traffic to Budapest from Western Hungary enters the city in this district; a main road, Budaörsi út is the direct continuation of motorways M1 and M7. Three bridges on the Danube are located in the district; the bridges Liberty, Petőfi and Rákóczi/Lágymányosi connect the district to the neighboring 5th and 9th districts on the Pest side.
Kelenföld Railway Station, the fourth largest railway station of Budapest is in the district. Most of the trains heading to Western Hungary and Western Europe pass through the station (including commuter trains to the agglomeration). The district also has a smaller station, the Albertfalva station.
Kelenföld Railway Station is also the terminus for Metro Line M4; the line, opened in 2014, is the first of the Budapest Metro to serve the district, where it has 5 of its 10 stations. It connects the district with Keleti Railway Station, the largest railway station in Hungary. Next to the Kelenföld Railway Station there is also a major bus station for local buses and another for buses serving the nearby towns.
The district has 46 bus lines, 9 night bus lines and 11 tram lines (among them Lines 4 and 6, two of the most important tram lines of the city, both of which have their terminus in the district).
There are no airports with scheduled flights within the district, however, it is home to Budaörs Airport, the pre-1950 main airport of Hungary. This was the second international airport in Budapest (after Mátyásföld Airfield), and the oldest still existing one, although today it serves general aviation only. During World War I one of the first military airfields, Albertfalva Military Airfield was located in the district, next to the first Hungarian airplane factory.
List of mayors Member Party Date Emil Bánhegyi SZDSZ 1990–1994 Ferenc Szegedi MDF 1994–1998 Katalin Juhos Fidesz 1998–2002 Gyula Molnár MSZP 2002–2010 Tamás Hoffmann Fidesz 2010–2019 Imre László DK 2019– PartySeatsCurrent District Assembly Opposition coalition17M Fidesz-KDNP7 Our Homeland Movement1
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities Újbuda is twinned with: Ruse, Bulgaria Prague 5 - Czech Republic Trogir - Croatia Vienna – Döbling – Austria Ustroń - Poland Bad Cannstatt Stuttgart – Germany Sânzieni (Kézdiszentlélek) – Romania Târgu Mureş (Marosvásárhely) – Romania Trstice (Nádszeg) – Slovakia Ada – Serbia Cortona – Italy Berehove Raion – Ukraine Yiwu – China
See also Újpest Újpalota Újlipótváros
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