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3rd District of Budapest Budapest III. kerületeÓbuda-Békásmegyer
District of Budapest
District III
FlagCoat of arms
Location of District III in Budapest (shown in grey)
Coordinates: 47°34′03″N 19°02′13″E / 47.5674°N 19.0370°E / 47.5674; 19.0370
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Hungary
City	Budapest
Established	17 November 1873
Quarters	List Aranyhegy-Ürömhegy-Péterhegy Aquincum Békásmegyer Csillaghegy Csúcshegy Harsánylejtő Hármashatár-hegy Kaszásdűlő Mocsárosdűlő Óbuda Óbuda hegyvidéke Óbudai-sziget Rómaifürdő Solymárvölgy Újlak
Government
• Mayor	László Kiss (DK)
Area
• Total	39.7 km (15.3 sq mi)
• Rank	3rd
Population
• Total	130,415
• Rank	2nd
• Density	3,285/km (8,510/sq mi)
Demonym	harmadik kerületi ("3rd districter")
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	1031 ... 1039
Website	obuda.hu

Óbuda-Békásmegyer is the 3rd district of Budapest, Hungary.

Landmarks

• Aquincum, ruins of the Roman city
• Óbuda Jewish Cemetery
• Római Part (Roman Beach)

History

The military camp, then city of Aquincum, located in part of what later became known as Óbuda, was built there by the Roman Empire. The settlement, which existed from the 1st to the 4th century, had a military and a separate civilian area. It had advanced infrastructure such as an aqueduct, a bath and two amphitheatres, one for the military and one for the civilians. Several villas belonged to the settlement, and the Roman governor had his palace on Hajógyári Island.

Politics

The current mayor of III. District of Budapest is László Kiss (DK).

The District Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 23 members (1 Mayor, 16 Individual constituencies MEPs and 6 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:

List of mayors

Twin towns – sister cities

Óbuda-Békásmegyer is twinned with:

• Bemowo (Warsaw), Poland
• Billigheim, Germany
• Büyükçekmece, Turkey
• Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
• Old Town (Košice), Slovakia
• Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom

Notes

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

References

1. "94/2012. (XII. 27.) Főv. Kgy. rendelet - a közterület- és városrésznevek megállapításáról, azok jelöléséről, valamint a házszám-megállapítás szabályairól" (in Hungarian).
2. ^ "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 1 January 2016] (PDF). Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 2016. p. 21.
3. "Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 - Budapest III. kerület". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
4. "Testvérvárosok" (in Hungarian). Óbuda-Békásmegyer. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

External links

• Official website

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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

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