Szigetszentmiklós

Szigetszentmiklós is a city in Pest county in Hungary with approximately 30,000 inhabitants.

Name

• Sziget – island: Szigetszentmiklós is a town in the 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 river 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%

(Source: 2003, KSH)

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Twin towns — Sister cities

Szigetszentmiklós is a twinned with:

• Haukipudas (1992), Oulu Province, Finland
• Gheorgheni (1996), Harghita County, Romania
• Busko-Zdrój (2003), Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland
• Specchia (2003), Apulia, Italy
• Steinheim, Westphalia (2003), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Gorna Oryahovitsa (2004), Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria
• Kočani (2004), Kočani municipality, Republic of Macedonia

Planned

• Wehr, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Boulogne-sur-Mer, Nord-Pas de Calais, France

Gallery

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External links

• Official website of town
• kisduna.net
• Central Region
• Map of Szigetszentmiklós
• Szigetszentmiklós Baptist Church
• Szigetszentmiklós Sport Club
• Film about Szigetszentmiklós – indulhatunk.hu
• Lakihegyi Lakópark