Demographics of Budapest which peaked after fall of the Communism, the number of inhabitants dropped to 1.7 million, while garden housing development is still decisive in the suburbs. Reurbanisation and gentrification getting on since the mid-2000s. After the conquest of the Carpathian Basin one of the main Hungarian (Magyar) tribes, named Megyer, settled in the present-territory of Budapest, more exactly on the both bank of the river Danube in Békásmegyer („Frog’s Megyer”) and Káposztásmegyer („Cabbage’s Megyer”), now high-rise housing estates of the city. Endonym „Magyar” (for Hungarians) is originated from the tribe name „Megyer”. According to the 1494-95 medieval census, was implemented by
Greater Budapest to nearly 800,000). Suburbanization and motorization generated traffic jams on urban multi-lane highways. 1 million cars run in Budapest on a weekday. Andás Sipos: Formation of Greater Budapest (Hungarian) Greater Budapest Greater Budapest is the name of Budapest in its present, extended size, as it was created by the "Law No. XXVI of 1949" passed on December 15, 1949 and it came into force on January 1, 1950. By attaching 7 towns and 16 villages to the former Budapest, its area enlarged from 207 km² to 525 km² (154%), the number of its inhabitants increased from 1.05 million to 1.6