2nd district of Budapest

The 2nd district of Budapest is a district of Budapest, Hungary. It has an area of 36.34 km² and is situated to the south of the 3rd district and to the north of the 1st district and the 12th district.

2nd District of Budapest Budapest II. kerülete
District of Budapest
District II
Flag Coat of arms
Location of District II in Budapest (shown in grey)
Coordinates: 47°31′20″N 19°01′25″E
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Hungary
City	Budapest
Established	17 November 1873
Quarters[1]	List Adyliget Budakeszierdő Budaliget Csatárka Erzsébetliget Erzsébettelek Felhévíz Gercse Hársakalja Hárshegy Hűvösvölgy Kővár Kurucles Lipótmező Máriaremete Nyék Országút Pálvölgy Pasarét Pesthidegkút-Ófalu Petneházyrét Remetekertváros Rézmál Rózsadomb Szemlőhegy Széphalom Szépilona Szépvölgy Törökvész Újlak Vérhalom Víziváros Zöldmál
Government
• Mayor	Gergely Őrsi (Ind.)
Area [2]
• Total	36.34 km2 (14.03 sq mi)
• Rank	5th
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	89,903
• Rank	7th
• Density	2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi)
Demonym	második kerületi ("2nd districter")
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	1021 ... 1029
Website	www.masodikkerulet.hu

Budapest II from Buda tower

Notable places

• Széll Kálmán tér, one of the city's biggest transport interchanges.
• Mammut shopping centre
• Central Statistical Office Library, one of the largest public libraries in Budapest
• Millenáris Park
• Church of Our Lady of Sarlós, a historic Roman Catholic church built in the 18th century

Politics

The current mayor of II. District of Budapest is Gergely Örsi (independent).

The District Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 21 members (1 Mayor, 14 Individual constituencies MEPs and 6 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:^[3]

Party		Seats	Current District Assembly
	Opposition coalition[a]	12	M
	Fidesz-KDNP	8
	MKKP	1

List of mayors

Member		Party	Date
	Gyula Póta	SZDSZ	1990–1998
	György B. Bencze	Fidesz	1998–2002
	Csaba Horváth	MSZP	2002–2006
	Zsolt Láng	Fidesz	2006–2019
	Gergely Örsi	MSZP	2019–
		Ind.

Twin towns – sister cities

2nd district of Budapest is twinned with:^[4]

• Beşiktaş, Turkey
• Finike, Turkey
• Mosbach, Germany
• Żoliborz (Warsaw), Poland

Notes

1. Coalition of Momentum–DK–MSZP–Dialogue–LMP–Mindenki Magyarországa.