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Újpalota is a panel housing estate in the 15th district of Budapest, Hungary.
History
In 1969 a new panel housing estate was founded on the northeastern border of Budapest, in a wheat field and a former cemetery, near the Szilas-patak (Szilas Brook), commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919). [1] It was named Újpalota (literally "Newcastle") after the adjacent village of Palota ("Castle"), which initially became a suburb of the Hungarian capital, and later part of Greater Budapest. [1]
104 panel buildings (5, 7, 11, 13 and 15-storey blocks) were planned for the area, containing 14,105 flats with an average floor space of 52.6 m2 (566 sq ft) (including one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartements). [2] According to Tibor Tenke, the architect of the housing estate, the original plan was revised to increase the number of flats to 15,560. [1] Construction was by the BHK III. (3rd Housing Factory of Budapest) using Soviet-Hungarian technology, [3] and was completed in 1978. [1]
Demographics
In the late 1970s Újpalota had 60,000 inhabitants from all over the country, but mostly from the poor neighbourhoods of Budapest ( Józsefváros, Kőbánya, Újpest, Kispest, Angyalföld), where the slum housing was demolished. [1] Újpalota provided these poor families with a real improvement in living conditions, including district heating, piped hot water and flush toilets. [1] According to a 1975 survey, 70% of householders were considered to be "workers", and only 12% had passed the maturity exam ( Hungarian: érettségi vizsga), a complex exam at the end of high school in Hungary). [1] 21% of couples raised 1 child, 46% two children and 19% three children. [1]
According to the 2011 census, Újpalota had 33,557 inhabitants, [4] a significant decrease since the late 1970s.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Lipp, Tamás (1978). Honfoglalás Újpalotán [Settlement of Újpalota] (in Hungarian). Budapest: Kossuth. pp. 5–14. ISBN 963-09-1131-0.
- ^ Budapest XV. kerület Újpalota építési, kapcsolódó és járulékos munkáinak módosított beruházási programja [Budapest XV. district of Újpalota, revised investment program of construction, related and ancillary works] (in Hungarian). Budapest: Típustervező Intézet. 1968. pp. 200, 225.
- ^ Gilyén, Dr. Jenő (1982). Panelos épületek szerkezetei, Tervezés méretezés [Panel Building Structures, Design Scaling] (in Hungarian). Budapest: Műszaki. pp. 21–25, 158–170. ISBN 963-10-4235-9.
- ^ "Detailed Gazetteer / Budapest". Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
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Újpalota is a panel housing estate in the 15th district of Budapest, Hungary.
History
In 1969 a new panel housing estate was founded on the northeastern border of Budapest, in a wheat field and a former cemetery, near the Szilas-patak (Szilas Brook), commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919). [1] It was named Újpalota (literally "Newcastle") after the adjacent village of Palota ("Castle"), which initially became a suburb of the Hungarian capital, and later part of Greater Budapest. [1]
104 panel buildings (5, 7, 11, 13 and 15-storey blocks) were planned for the area, containing 14,105 flats with an average floor space of 52.6 m2 (566 sq ft) (including one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartements). [2] According to Tibor Tenke, the architect of the housing estate, the original plan was revised to increase the number of flats to 15,560. [1] Construction was by the BHK III. (3rd Housing Factory of Budapest) using Soviet-Hungarian technology, [3] and was completed in 1978. [1]
Demographics
In the late 1970s Újpalota had 60,000 inhabitants from all over the country, but mostly from the poor neighbourhoods of Budapest ( Józsefváros, Kőbánya, Újpest, Kispest, Angyalföld), where the slum housing was demolished. [1] Újpalota provided these poor families with a real improvement in living conditions, including district heating, piped hot water and flush toilets. [1] According to a 1975 survey, 70% of householders were considered to be "workers", and only 12% had passed the maturity exam ( Hungarian: érettségi vizsga), a complex exam at the end of high school in Hungary). [1] 21% of couples raised 1 child, 46% two children and 19% three children. [1]
According to the 2011 census, Újpalota had 33,557 inhabitants, [4] a significant decrease since the late 1970s.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Lipp, Tamás (1978). Honfoglalás Újpalotán [Settlement of Újpalota] (in Hungarian). Budapest: Kossuth. pp. 5–14. ISBN 963-09-1131-0.
- ^ Budapest XV. kerület Újpalota építési, kapcsolódó és járulékos munkáinak módosított beruházási programja [Budapest XV. district of Újpalota, revised investment program of construction, related and ancillary works] (in Hungarian). Budapest: Típustervező Intézet. 1968. pp. 200, 225.
- ^ Gilyén, Dr. Jenő (1982). Panelos épületek szerkezetei, Tervezés méretezés [Panel Building Structures, Design Scaling] (in Hungarian). Budapest: Műszaki. pp. 21–25, 158–170. ISBN 963-10-4235-9.
- ^ "Detailed Gazetteer / Budapest". Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.