# Kispest > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kispest > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kispest.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kispest > Source revision: 1342036129 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{for|the football team originally formed as Kispest AC|Budapest Honvéd FC}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | name = 19th District of Budapest | official_name = District XIX | native_name = Budapest XIX. kerülete | other_name = ''Kispest'' | settlement_type = [District of Budapest](/source/List_of_districts_in_Budapest) | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = Flag of the 19th District of Budapest.svg | flag_size = 125px | image_shield = XIX. kerület címere.jpg | shield_size = 80px | image_map = Budapest Bezirk19.svg | mapsize = 250px | map_caption = Location of District XIX in Budapest (shown in grey) | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [Hungary](/source/Hungary) | subdivision_type1 = [Region](/source/List_of_regions_of_Hungary) | subdivision_name1 = [Central Hungary](/source/Central_Hungary) | subdivision_type2 = [City](/source/List_of_cities_and_towns_of_Hungary) | subdivision_name2 = [Budapest](/source/Budapest) | established_title = Established | established_date = 1 January 1950 | parts_type = [Quarters](/source/List_of_districts_in_Budapest){{cite web|title=94/2012. (XII. 27.) Főv. Kgy. rendelet - a közterület- és városrésznevek megállapításáról, azok jelöléséről, valamint a házszám-megállapítás szabályairól|url=https://net.jogtar.hu/jr/gen/hjegy_doc.cgi?rendelettar=fovaros&docid=A1200094.FOV|language=hu}} | parts_style = coll | p1 = Kispest | p2 = Wekerletelep | leader_title = [Mayor](/source/Mayor) | leader_name = [Péter Gajda](/source/P%C3%A9ter_Gajda) | leader_party = [MSZP](/source/MSZP) | area_total_km2 = 9.38 | area_rank = 18th | area_footnotes = {{cite book|title=Magyarország közigazgatási helynévkönyve 2016. január 1.|trans-title=Gazetteer of Hungary 1 January, 2016|chapter=A fővárosi kerületek, a megyei jogú városok, a városok területe, lakónépessége és a lakások száma|trans-chapter= The area of districts of the capital, of the towns with county's rights, resident population and number of dwellings|date=2016|publisher=Hungarian Central Statistical Office|page=21|url=https://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/hnk/hnk_2016.pdf}} | population_total = 60,731 | population_density_km2 = 6,480 | population_as_of = 2016 | population_rank = 15th | population_footnotes = | population_demonym = tizenkilencedik kerületi ("19th districter") | coordinates = {{coord|47|27|N|19|08|E|region:HU_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline, title}} | postal_code_type = [Postal code](/source/Postal_codes_in_Hungary) | postal_code = 1191 ... 1196 | timezone = [CET](/source/Central_European_Time) | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) | utc_offset_DST = +2 | website = {{URL|https://uj.kispest.hu/}} }} '''Kispest''' ({{IPA|hu|ˈkiʃpɛʃt|-}}, lit. ''Little [Pest](/source/Pest_(city))'') is the [19th (XIX) district](/source/List_of_districts_in_Budapest) of [Budapest](/source/Budapest), [Hungary](/source/Hungary). It lies south-southeast of the historical [Pest city](/source/Pest_city). It was founded in 1871 on rural land as a village at the borderline of Pest, so it was named Kispest.[http://www.kispest.hu/index.php?page=kispest-tortenelme History of Kispest (Hungarian)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521011334/http://www.kispest.hu/index.php?page=kispest-tortenelme |date=2009-05-21 }} == History == From 1880 to 1990 Kispest's population increased from 1820 to 72,838.[http://www.nepszamlalas.hu/hun/kotetek/06/01/data/tabhun/4/load01_1_0.html Historical population of Kispest (Hungarian Central Statistical Office)]{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Kispest became part of [Greater Budapest](/source/Greater_Budapest) in 1950. When the Soviet troops re-entered Budapest to subdue the civil uprising in [October/November 1956](/source/Hungarian_revolution_of_1956), they approached the city centre from the south-east, up the [Üllői Street](/source/%C3%9Cll%C5%91i_%C3%BAt), with some of the first street clashes taking place in Kispest. The huge [panel housing estate](/source/Panel_building) (Kispest [microdistrict](/source/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).[http://index.hu/belfold/budapest/lakotel0810/?main&day=1#2 Housing estates of Budapest (Index.hu, Hungarian)] == Wekerletelep == [Wekerletelep](/source/Wekerle_estate) 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](/source/S%C3%A1ndor_Wekerle). Its central square, ''Kós Károly Tér'', has two characteristic architectural gateways designed by the architect [Károly Kós](/source/K%C3%A1roly_K%C3%B3s) and based on [Transylvania](/source/Transylvania)n 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.{{fact|date=September 2025}} == Public transport == The district is served by the [Metro 3](/source/Line_3_(Budapest_Metro)) ([Kőbánya-Kispest](/source/K%C5%91b%C3%A1nya-Kispest) and [Határ út](/source/Hat%C3%A1r_%C3%BAt) stations), so there is direct connection with the [city center](/source/Belv%C3%A1ros_(Budapest)). ''Határ út'' underground station is the third-busiest in the city (after [Deák Square](/source/De%C3%A1k_Ferenc_t%C3%A9r_(Budapest_Metro)) and [Örs vezér tere](/source/%C3%96rs_vez%C3%A9r_tere)) with an estimated 40,000 passengers using it (often twice) on a typical workday. ==Sport== [Ferenc Puskás](/source/Ferenc_Pusk%C3%A1s) played football for Kispest F.C. (then called [Kispest Honvéd FC](/source/Kispest_Honv%C3%A9d_FC)) in the 1950s. *[Budapest Honvéd FC](/source/Budapest_Honv%C3%A9d_FC), football team *[Kispesti Textil SE](/source/Kispesti_Textil_SE), defunct football team Kispest NKK, women's handball team, NB1/B second league ==List of mayors== {| class=wikitable |- ! colspan=2 | Member ! Party ! Date |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Alliance of Free Democrats}}" | | [Levente Lévay](/source/Levente_L%C3%A9vay) | [SZDSZ](/source/Alliance_of_Free_Democrats) | 1990–1994 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Fidesz}}" | | [Gábor Zupkó](/source/G%C3%A1bor_Zupk%C3%B3) | [Fidesz](/source/Fidesz) | 1994–1998 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Fidesz}}" | | [Béla Timár](/source/B%C3%A9la_Tim%C3%A1r) | [Fidesz](/source/Fidesz) | 1998–2002 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}}" | | [Katalin Steinerné Török](/source/Katalin_Steinern%C3%A9_T%C3%B6r%C3%B6k) | [MSZP](/source/Hungarian_Socialist_Party) | 2002–2006 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}}" | | [Péter Gajda](/source/P%C3%A9ter_Gajda) | [MSZP](/source/Hungarian_Socialist_Party) | 2006– |} {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" style="background:#ccc" |Party ! style="background:#ccc" |Seats ! colspan="12" style="background:#ccc" |Current District Assembly{{Cite web|title=Kispest.hu - Képviselő-testület|url=https://uj.kispest.hu/onkormanyzat/kepviselo-testulet|access-date=2024-10-13|website=uj.kispest.hu}} |- | style="background-color: {{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}} " |  |Opposition coalition{{efn|Coalition of [Momentum](/source/Momentum_Movement)–[DK](/source/Democratic_Coalition_(Hungary))–'''[MSZP](/source/Hungarian_Socialist_Party)'''–[Dialogue](/source/Dialogue_for_Hungary)–[LMP](/source/LMP_%E2%80%93_Hungary's_Green_Party).|name=opposition}} | style="text-align: right" |'''12''' | style="background-color: {{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}} " |'''M''' | style="background-color: {{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}} " |  | style="background-color: {{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}} " |  | style="background-color: {{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}} " |  | style="background-color: {{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}} " |  | style="background-color: {{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}} " |  | style="background-color: {{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}} " |  | style="background-color: {{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}} " |  | style="background-color: {{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}} " |  | style="background-color: {{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}} " |  | style="background-color: {{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}} " |  | style="background-color: {{party color|Hungarian Socialist Party}} " |  |- | style="background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}} " |  |[Fidesz](/source/Fidesz)-[KDNP](/source/Christian_Democratic_People's_Party_(Hungary)) | style="text-align: right" |4 | style="background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}} " |  | style="background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}} " |  | style="background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}} " |  | style="background-color: {{party color|Fidesz}} " |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |- | style="background-color: {{party color|Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party}} " |  |[MKKP](/source/Hungarian_Two-Tailed_Dog_Party) | style="text-align: right" |'''1''' | style="background-color: {{party color|Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party}} " |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |} ==Twin towns – sister cities== Kispest is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Kispest Testvérvárosai|url=http://uj.testvervaros.kispest.hu/|publisher=Kispest|language=hu|access-date=2024-07-30}} *{{flagicon|POL}} [Krzeszowice](/source/Gmina_Krzeszowice), Poland *{{flagicon|TUR}} [Pendik](/source/Pendik), Turkey *{{flagicon|BUL}} [Smolyan](/source/Smolyan), Bulgaria *{{flagicon|SRB}} [Sombor](/source/Sombor), Serbia *{{flagicon|ROU}} [Tășnad](/source/T%C4%83%C8%99nad), Romania *{{flagicon|CRO}} [Vrbovec](/source/Vrbovec), Croatia ==Gallery== File:111kispesteste.jpg|The church of Saint Mary of the Assumption in Kispest File:Budapest-Kispest 1.JPG|Kispest housing estate File:Budapest-Kispest 2.JPG|A panel block next to [Kőbánya-Kispest](/source/K%C5%91b%C3%A1nya-Kispest) metro station ==Notes== {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} == References == {{Reflist}} {{Budapest}} {{Districts of Budapest}} {{Authority control}} __NOTOC__ Category:Kispest Category:Urban planning in Hungary Category:Districts of Budapest --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kispest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kispest) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kispest?action=history)). 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