Erzsébetváros ('Elizabethtown'), Budapest's smallest district and at the same time that of the largest population density, turns 140 this Monday.
It was on February 7, 1882, that is, exactly 140 years ago today that the name of the 7th district, which had been separated from Terézváros (today's District 6) and named after the beloved Queen Elizabeth, was registered.
Until the unification of Budapest in 1873 this area was part of Teézváros ('Theresetown'). Between 1873 and 1882, it was named District VII without name.
The 7th district of Budapest is situated on the Pest side of the Danube. The inner half of the district was the historic Jewish quarter of Pest. The Dohány Street Synagogue, the largest functioning synagogue in Europe, is located in this district.
Currently it is the most densely populated district of Budapest with 52,362 inhabitants (as of 2019) with 29,681.3 persons per km2. In 1910, Erzsébetváros had 152,454 inhabitants.
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