Csepel Island (Hungarian: ''Csepel-sziget'', ) is an island on the

Danube The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Cr ...

. It is long; its width after sections of

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and rejoining (

confluence In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ...

) varies from . It has an area of and its population is 165,000. The isle extends south from

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population o ...

; its northern point or section is

Csepel Csepel (german: Tschepele) is the 21st district and a neighbourhood in Budapest, Hungary. Csepel officially became part of Budapest on 1 January 1950. Location Csepel is located at the northern end of Csepel Island in the Danube, and covers ...

– Budapest's District XXI. Most of the island is accessible from Budapest by the suburban railway. Towns include

Ráckeve Ráckeve (Serbian: Српски Ковин / Srpski Kovin) is a town on Csepel Island in the county of , Hungary. Its residents are Magyars, with minority of Serbs. The Serbian Kovin Monastery, the oldest in Hungary and one of two in the Dioces ...

, Szigetszentmiklós, Szigethalom and Tököl. Csepel island was the first centre of the

Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin The Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin, also known as the Hungarian conquest or the Hungarian land-taking (), was a series of historical events ending with the settlement of the Hungarians in Central Europe in the late 9th and early 10t ...

( hu, honfoglalás: "conquest of the homeland"), being the early homestead of

Árpád Árpád (; 845 – 907) was the head of the confederation of the Magyar tribes at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries. He might have been either the sacred ruler or '' kende'' of the Hungarians, or their military leader or '' g ...

's tribe. The island is named after Árpád's

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, Csepel. It features Hungary's tallest structure, Lakihegy Tower, a radio mast used today intermittently for power network control purposes.The Battle for Budapest
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* {{Coord, 47, 15, N, 18, 57, E, region:HU_type:isle, display=title River islands of Hungary Islands of the Danube Geography of Budapest