Belváros-Lipótváros

District V is the heart of Budapest and the political, financial, commercial and touristic center of Hungary. The name of the district is Belváros-Lipótváros (English: Inner City – Leopold Town), which refers to the two historical neighbourhoods that is located in the district; Belváros ("Inner City") and Lipótváros ("Leopold Town").Inner City is the old town of Pest, while Leopold Town was established in the early 19th century, and became the political and financial centre of Hungary in the early 20th century when the Hungarian Parliament was built. The two neighbourhoods were originally the 4th (Inner City) and 5th (Leopold Town) districts of Budapest until 1950 when the two districts were merged and number IV was given to Újpest ("New Pest").

5th District of Budapest Budapest V. kerülete Belváros-Lipótváros
District of Budapest
District V
Flag Coat of arms
Location of District V in Budapest (shown in grey)
Coordinates: 47°30′00″N 19°02′55″E / 47.50000°N 19.04861°E / 47.50000; 19.04861
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Hungary
City	Budapest
Established	17 November 1873
Quarters[1]	List Belváros Lipótváros
Government
• Mayor	Péter Szentgyörgyvölgyi (Fidesz-KDNP)
Area [2]
• Total	2.59 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
• Rank	21st
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	26,284
• Rank	21st
• Density	10,148/km2 (26,280/sq mi)
Demonym	ötödik kerületi ("5th districter")
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	1051 ... 1056
Website	www.belvaros-lipotvaros.hu

Today there is a coexisting larger definition of "inner city" (with lower case letters) which includes all of District V and some parts of District VI, District VII, District VIII, District IX and District XIII, and sometimes even some parts of the Buda side, however this larger definition is only colloquial.

The reason Inner City is not the 1st district, is that until 1873, Buda served as the capital city of Hungary, so it was obvious to start the numbering at the Buda Castle District. Districts on the Pest side received numbers from IV to X.