Szigetszentmiklós

City in Hungary

Town

47°20′44″N 19°02′54″E / 47.34556°N 19.04833°E / 47.34556; 19.04833Area • Total45.65 km² (17.63 sq mi)Population • Total40,105^[1]Area code24WebsiteOfficial town website

Szigetszentmiklós (Hungarian: [ˈsiɡɛt.sɛntmikloːʃ]]; German: Nigglau) is a city in Pest County, Hungary, with around 40,000 inhabitants.

Name

• Sziget – island: Szigetszentmiklós is a town on Csepel Island
• Szent Miklós – Saint Nicholas, who is the patron saint of Szigetszentmiklós

Location

Szigetszentmiklós is located south of Budapest in the Csepel Island on the Danube in Ráckeve Region.

History

After the Árpád dynasty was established, the region of today's Ráckeve belonged to the Hungarian king. Szigetszentmiklós became a town in January 1986. It mentioned in official document in 1264 the first time.

Demographics

Ethnicity

• Hungarian: 91.3%
• German: 0.6%
• Slovak: 0.6%
• Romani: 0.5%
• Bulgarians: 0.2%
• Ukrainian: 0.1%
• Other/Undeclared: 8.5%

Religious denomination

• Roman Catholic: 35.9%
• Greek Catholic: 2.2%
• Calvinist: 21.4%
• Lutheran: 1.0%
• Other denomination: 2.1%
• Non-religious: 20.7%
• Undeclared: 16.6%^[2]

Twin towns – sister cities

Szigetszentmiklós is twinned with:^[3]

Gallery

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Notable people

Artist János Nádasdy [de] was born here in 1939.^[4]

References

External links

• Central Region
• Map of Szigetszentmiklós
• Szigetszentmiklós Baptist Church
• Lakihegyi Lakópark