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, such as Tabán, Krisztinaváros and parts of Gellért Hill.
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Location
The Castle District is situated on the banks of the Danube, in the Buda side.
Neighbour districts of District I are (south to north):
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 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:
Twin towns – sister cities
Várkerület is twinned with: