Várkerület
# Várkerület

The 1st District of Budapest is the Castle District (Hungarian: Várkerület or Budavár) and is the historical part of the Buda side of Budapest. It consists of the Buda Castle Hill and some other neighborhoods around it, like Tabán, Krisztinaváros and parts of Gellért Hill.

## Location

The Castle District is situated on the banks of the Danube, in the Buda side.

Neighbours of District I are (clockwise from north):

* River Danube
* 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 ChurchMatthias 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 | Party | Seats | Current District Assembly | Current District Assembly | Current District Assembly | Current District Assembly | Current District Assembly | Current District Assembly | Current District Assembly | Current District Assembly | Current District Assembly | Current District Assembly |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Opposition coalition | 10 | M | | | | | | | | | |
| | 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– |

## Twin towns – sister cities

Várkerület is twinned with:

* Križevci, Croatia
* Capestrano, Italy
* Carouge, Switzerland
* Innere Stadt (Vienna), Austria
* Lendava, Slovenia
* Adalar of Istanbul, Turkey
* Marlow, United Kingdom
* Mukachevo, Ukraine
* Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania
* Old Town (Bratislava), Slovakia
* Senta, Serbia
* Regensburg, Germany
* Savonlinna, Finland
* Prague 1 (Prague), Czech Republic
* Newbridge, Ireland
* Gränna, Sweden
* Śródmieście (Warsaw), Poland
* Verkiai of Vilnius, Lithuania
* Elche, Spain
* Orikumi, Albania
* Hvidovre Municipality, Denmark
* Maardu, Estonia
