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Szigetszentmiklós () is a city in Pest County,
Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...
, with around 40,000 inhabitants.


Name

* Sziget – island: Szigetszentmiklós is a town on
Csepel Island Csepel Island (Hungarian: ''Csepel-sziget'', ) is an island on the Danube in Hungary. It is long; its width after sections of bifurcation and rejoining (confluence) varies from . It has an area of and its population is 165,000. The isle extend ...
* Szent Miklós – Saint Nicholas, who is the patron saint of Szigetszentmiklós


Location

Szigetszentmiklós is located south of
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 ...
in the
Csepel Island Csepel Island (Hungarian: ''Csepel-sziget'', ) is an island on the Danube in Hungary. It is long; its width after sections of bifurcation and rejoining (confluence) varies from . It has an area of and its population is 165,000. The isle extend ...
on the Danube in Ráckeve Region.


History

After the
Árpád dynasty The Árpád dynasty, consisted of the members of the royal House of Árpád (), also known as Árpáds ( hu, Árpádok, hr, Arpadovići). They were the ruling dynasty of the Principality of Hungary in the 9th and 10th centuries and of the King ...
was established, the region of today's
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 ...
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 Bulgarians ( bg, българи, Bǎlgari, ) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and the rest of Southeast Europe. Etymology Bulgarians derive their ethnonym from the Bulgars. Their name is not completely unders ...
: 0.2% * Ukrainian: 0.1% * Other/Undeclared: 8.5%


Religious denomination

*
Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
: 35.9% * Greek Catholic: 2.2% * Calvinist: 21.4% *
Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Cathol ...
: 1.0% * Other denomination: 2.1% * Non-religious: 20.7% * Undeclared: 16.6%


Twin towns – sister cities

Szigetszentmiklós is twinned with: *
Haukipudas Haukipudas is a town and former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. Its shore runs along the Gulf of Bothnia, with the river Kiiminkijoki running through the province. ...
, Finland (1992) *
Gheorgheni Gheorgheni (; hu, Gyergyószentmiklós ) is a municipality in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The city administers four villages: * Covacipeter / Kovácspéter * Lacu Roș ...
, Romania (1996) * Busko-Zdrój, Poland (2003) * Specchia, Italy (2003) * Steinheim, Germany (2003) *
Gorna Oryahovitsa Gorna Oryahovitsa ( bg, Горна Оряховица ) is a town in northern Bulgaria, situated in Veliko Tarnovo Province, from Veliko Tarnovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality. According to t ...
, Bulgaria (2004) *
Kočani Kočani ( mk, Кочани ) is a town in the eastern part of North Macedonia, situated around east from Skopje. It has a population of 28,330 and is the seat of the Kočani Municipality. Geography and population The town spreads across the Nor ...
, North Macedonia (2004) * Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia (2004) *
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Gallery

File:Szigetszentmiklos.jpg, Szigetszentmiklós File:Szigetszentmiklós gyár1.jpg, iparterület1 File:Szigetszentmiklós gyár2.jpg, iparterület2 File:Szigetszentmiklós gyár3.jpg, iparterület3 File:Szigetszentmiklós gyár4.jpg, iparterület4


References


External links


Central Region

Map of Szigetszentmiklós

Szigetszentmiklós Baptist Church

Lakihegyi Lakópark
{{DEFAULTSORT:Szigetszentmiklos Populated places in Pest County