Kispest
19th District of Budapest Budapest XIX. kerülete Kispest | |
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District XIX | |
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Coordinates: 47°27′N 19°08′E / 47.450°N 19.133°E / 47.450; 19.133 | |
Country | Hungary |
Region | Central Hungary |
City | Budapest |
Established | 1 January 1950 |
Quarters[1] | List
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Government | |
• Mayor | Béla Timár (Fidesz-KDNP) |
Area [2] | |
• Total | 9.38 km2 (3.62 sq mi) |
• Rank | 18th |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 60,731 |
• Rank | 15th |
• Density | 6,480/km2 (16,800/sq mi) |
Demonym | tizenkilencedik kerületi ("19th districter") |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 1191 ... 1196 |
Website | uj |
Kispest (lit. Little Pest) is the 19th (XIX) district of Budapest, Hungary. It lies south-southeast of the historical Pest city. It was founded in 1871 on rural land as a village at the borderline of Pest, so it was named Kispest.[3]
History
From 1880 to 1990 Kispest's population increased from 1820 to 72,838.[4] Kispest became part of Greater Budapest in 1950. When the Soviet troops re-entered Budapest to subdue the civil uprising in October/November 1956, they approached the city centre from the south-east, up the Üllői Street, with some of the first street clashes taking place in Kispest.
The huge panel housing estate (Kispest microdistrict) was built between the 1960s and the 1980s (12,100 flats, c. 33,000 inhabitants, making it the sixth-biggest housing estate/microraion in Budapest).[5]
Wekerletelep
Wekerletelep is Kispest's suburb with detached houses and green areas. It was named after the Hungarian premier at the time of the development in the 1900s, Sándor Wekerle. Its central square, Kós Károly Tér, has two characteristic architectural gateways designed by the architect Károly Kós and based on Transylvanian building style. In May every year a festival called Wekerle Days (Hu: Wekerle Napok) takes place. This involves fun run, sports events, concerts and various other cultural and family oriented programs for all age groups.
Public transport
The district is served by the Metro 3 (Kőbánya-Kispest and Határ út stations), so there is direct connection with the city center. Határ út underground station is the third-busiest in the city (after Deák Square and Örs vezér tere) with an estimated 40,000 passengers using it (often twice) on a typical workday.
Sport
Ferenc Puskás played football for Kispest F.C. (then called Kispest Honvéd FC) in the 1950s.
- Budapest Honvéd FC, football team
- Kispesti Textil SE, defunct football team
Kispest NKK, women's handball team, NB1/B second league
List of mayors
Member | Party | Date | |
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Levente Lévay | SZDSZ | 1990–1994 | |
Gábor Zupkó | Fidesz | 1994–1998 | |
Béla Timár | Fidesz | 1998–2002 | |
Katalin Steinerné Török | MSZP | 2002–2006 | |
Péter Gajda | MSZP | 2006– |
Party | Seats | Current District Assembly[6] | ||||||||||||
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Opposition coalition[a] | 11 | M | ||||||||||||
Fidesz-KDNP | 5 | |||||||||||||
LMP | 1 |
Twin towns – sister cities
Kispest is twinned with:[7]
Krzeszowice, Poland
Pendik, Turkey
Smolyan, Bulgaria
Sombor, Serbia
Tășnad, Romania
Vrbovec, Croatia
Gallery
- The church of Saint Mary of the Assumption in Kispest
- Kispest housing estate
- A panel block next to Kőbánya-Kispest metro station
Notes
- ^ Coalition of Momentum–DK–MSZP–Dialogue–Mindenki Magyarországa.
References
- ^ "94/2012. (XII. 27.) Főv. Kgy. rendelet - a közterület- és városrésznevek megállapításáról, azok jelöléséről, valamint a házszám-megállapítás szabályairól" (in Hungarian).
- ^ a b "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 1st January, 2016] (PDF). Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 2016. p. 21.
- ^ History of Kispest (Hungarian) Archived 2009-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Historical population of Kispest (Hungarian Central Statistical Office)[permanent dead link]
- ^ Housing estates of Budapest (Index.hu, Hungarian)
- ^ "Kispest.hu - Képviselő-testület". uj.kispest.hu. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Kispest Testvérvárosai" (in Hungarian). Kispest. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
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- I. Várkerület
- II. 2nd district
- III. Óbuda-Békásmegyer
- IV. Újpest
- V. Belváros-Lipótváros
- VI. Terézváros
- VII. Erzsébetváros
- VIII. Józsefváros
- IX. Ferencváros
- X. Kőbánya
- XI. Újbuda
- XII. Hegyvidék
- XIII. 13th district
- XIV. Zugló
- XV. 15th district
- XVI. 16th district
- XVII. Rákosmente
- XVIII. Pestszentlőrinc-Pestszentimre
- XIX. Kispest
- XX. Pesterzsébet
- XXI. Csepel
- XXII. Budafok-Tétény
- XXIII. Soroksár
traditions
- Budapest Business School
- Budapest University of Technology
- Corvinus University
- Eötvös Loránd University
- Hungarian University of Fine Arts
- Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music
- Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
- National University of Public Service
- Óbuda University
- Semmelweis University
- University of Physical Education
- Academy of Drama and Film
- Andrássy University
- Aquincum Institute of Technology
- Budapest Metropolitan University
- Budapest University of Jewish Studies
- Central European University
- International Business School
- Károli Gáspár University of Reformed Church
- Pázmány Péter Catholic University
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