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{{short description|1st District of Budapest}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = 1st District of Budapest
| official_name                   = District I
| native_name                     = Budapest I. kerülete
| other_name                      = ''Várkerület'', ''Budavár''
| settlement_type                 = [[List of districts in Budapest|District of Budapest]]
| image_skyline                   = 
| imagesize                       = 
| image_caption                   = 
| image_flag                      = Flag of Budapest District I.svg
| flag_size                       = 125px
| image_shield                    = Coa Hungary Town Budapest 1st.svg
| shield_size                     = 65px
| image_map                       = Budapest Bezirk01.svg
| mapsize                         = 250px
| map_caption                     = Location of District I in Budapest (shown in grey)
| subdivision_type                = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name                = [[Hungary]]
| subdivision_type1               = [[List of regions of Hungary|Region]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Central Hungary]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of cities and towns of Hungary|City]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Budapest]]
| established_title               = Established
| established_date                = 17 November 1873
| parts_type                      = [[List of districts in Budapest|Quarters]]<ref>{{cite web|title=94/2012. (XII. 27.) Főv. Kgy. rendelet a közterület- és városrésznevek megállapításáról, azok jelöléséről, valamint a házszám-megállapítás szabályairól|url=https://net.jogtar.hu/jr/gen/hjegy_doc.cgi?rendelettar=fovaros&docid=A1200094.FOV|language=hu}}</ref>
| parts_style                     = coll
| p1                              = Gellérthegy
| p2                              = Krisztinaváros
| p3                              = Tabán
| p4                              = Vár
| p5                              = Víziváros
| leader_title                    = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name                     = [[Márta V. Naszályi]]
| leader_party                    = [[Dialogue for Hungary|Dialogue]]
| area_total_km2                  = 3.41
| area_rank                       = 20th
| area_footnotes                  = <ref name="KSH">{{cite book|title=Magyarország közigazgatási helynévkönyve 2016. január 1.|trans-title=Gazetteer of Hungary 1 January 2016|chapter=A fővárosi kerületek, a megyei jogú városok, a városok területe, lakónépessége és a lakások száma|trans-chapter= The area of districts of the capital, of the towns with county's rights, resident population  and number of dwellings|date=2016|publisher=Hungarian Central Statistical Office|page=21|url=https://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/hnk/hnk_2016.pdf}}</ref>
| population_total                = 25196
| population_density_km2          = auto
| population_as_of                = 2016
| population_rank                 = 22nd
| population_footnotes            = <ref name="KSH"/>
| population_demonym              = első kerületi ("1st districter")
| coordinates                     = {{coord|47|29|51|N|19|02|17|E|display=inline}}
| postal_code_type                = [[Postal codes in Hungary|Postal code]]
| postal_code                     = 1011 ... 1016
| timezone                        = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset                      = +1
| timezone_DST                    = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST                  = +2
| website                         = {{URL|http://www.budavar.hu/}}
| leader_title1                   = [[Deputy Mayor]]
| leader_name1                    = [[Ferenc Gelencsér]] ([[Momentum Movement|Momentum]])<br/> [[Gábor Csobánczy]]
}}

The 1st District of Budapest is the '''Castle District''' ({{lang-hu|Várkerület}} or {{lang|hu|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):
* [[Danube|River Danube]]
* [[Újbuda|District XI]]: Újbuda ("New Buda"), which is most known of the universities and student life
* [[Hegyvidék|District XII]]: Hegyvidék ("Highlands")
*[[2nd district of Budapest|District II]]

==Landmarks==
*[[Buda Castle]]
*[[File:Matthias Church 191103.jpg|thumb|Matthias Church]][[Matthias Church]]
*[[Hungarian National Gallery]]
*[[Budapest Castle Hill Funicular|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 Budapest Assembly election|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:<ref>{{cite web|title=Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 - Budapest I. kerület|url=https://www.valasztas.hu/telepules-adatlap_onk2019?p_p_id=onkeredmenyadatok_WAR_nvinvrportlet&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-2&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=5&_onkeredmenyadatok_WAR_nvinvrportlet_tabId=tab1&p_r_p_1632770263_prpTelepulesKod=001&p_r_p_1632770263_prpVlId=294&p_r_p_1632770263_prpVltId=687&p_r_p_1632770263_prpMegyeKod=01#_onkeredmenyadatok_WAR_nvinvrportlet_tableTop|agency=valasztas.hu|access-date=2019-10-29}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#ccc" colspan="2" | Party
! style="background:#ccc" | Seats
! style="background:#ccc" colspan="10" | Current District Assembly
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Dialogue for Hungary}}  | &nbsp;
| Opposition coalition{{efn|name=opposition|Coalition of [[Momentum Movement|Momentum]]–[[Democratic Coalition (Hungary)|DK]]–[[Hungarian Socialist Party|MSZP]]–'''[[Dialogue for Hungary|Dialogue]]'''–[[Politics Can Be Different|LMP]]-Our Castle.}}
| style="text-align: right" | '''10'''
|style="background-color: {{party color|Dialogue for Hungary}} |<span style="color:white;">'''M'''</span>
|style="background-color: {{party color|Dialogue for Hungary}} | &nbsp;
|style="background-color: {{party color|Dialogue for Hungary}} | &nbsp;
|style="background-color: {{party color|Dialogue for Hungary}} | &nbsp;
|style="background-color: {{party color|Dialogue for Hungary}} | &nbsp;
|style="background-color: {{party color|Dialogue for Hungary}} | &nbsp;
|style="background-color: {{party color|Dialogue for Hungary}} | &nbsp;
|style="background-color: {{party color|Dialogue for Hungary}} | &nbsp;
|style="background-color: {{party color|Dialogue for Hungary}} | &nbsp;
|style="background-color: {{party color|Dialogue for Hungary}} | &nbsp;
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}}  | &nbsp;
|[[Fidesz]]-[[Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)|KDNP]]
| style="text-align: right" | '''5'''
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}} | &nbsp;
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}} | &nbsp;
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}} | &nbsp;
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}} | &nbsp;
|style="background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}} | &nbsp;
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| &nbsp;
|}

===List of mayors===
{| class=wikitable
|-
! colspan=2 | Member
! Party
! Date
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Hungarian Democratic Forum}}" | 
| [[Imre Ligeti]]
| [[Hungarian Democratic Forum|MDF]]
| 1990–1994
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Hungarian Democratic Forum}}" | 
| [[Tamás Katona]]
| [[Hungarian Democratic Forum|MDF]]{{efn|name=mdnp|He joined [[Hungarian Democratic People's Party|MDNP]] on 4 March 1996}}
| 1994–1998
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Fidesz}}" | 
| [[Gábor Tamás Nagy]]
| [[Fidesz]]
| 1998–2019
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Dialogue for Hungary}}" | 
| [[Márta V. Naszályi]]
| [[Dialogue for Hungary|PM]]
| 2019– 
|}

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary}}
Várkerület is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Testvérvárosaink|url=http://www.budavar.hu/testvervarosaink|website=budavar.hu|publisher=Várkerület|language=hu|access-date=2020-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Budavár új testvérvárosa: Savonlinna|url=http://www.budavar.hu/upload/userfiles/1/magazin/2018/pdf/Varnegyed_2018_08_16_web.pdf|website=budavar.hu|publisher=Várnegyet|language=hu|date=2018-08-16|access-date=2020-06-23}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Capestrano]], Italy
*{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Carouge]], Switzerland
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Innere Stadt|Innere Stadt (Vienna)]], Austria
*{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Municipality of Lendava|Lendava]], Slovenia
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Marlow, Buckinghamshire|Marlow]], England, United Kingdom
*{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Mukachevo]], Ukraine
*{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Odorheiu Secuiesc]], Romania
*{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Old Town, Bratislava|Old Town (Bratislava)]], Slovakia
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Prague 1|Prague 1 (Prague)]], Czech Republic
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Regensburg]], Germany
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Savonlinna]], Finland
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Senta]], Serbia
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Śródmieście, Warsaw|Śródmieście (Warsaw)]], Poland
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==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Budapest District I}}
*{{Official website|http://www.budavar.hu/}}
*{{wikivoyage-inline|Budapest/Bel-Buda|District I, Budapest}}

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{{Districts of Budapest}}

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