Szentendre Island ( hu, Szentendrei-sziget) is an island in the

Danube River 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 ...

between the

Danube Bend The Danube Bend ( hu, Dunakanyar) is a curve of the Danube in Hungary, close to the town of Visegrád. Geology The present-day U-shaped loop is probably the result of an eruption of the volcano stretching over the whole area some 15 million y ...

and

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 Hungary. The island is flanked by the to the west, and the main branch of the river to the east. It is 31 km long with an area of 56 km², and forms part of the Szentendre District of Pest County. The

Megyeri Bridge The Megyeri Bridge, previously known as the Northern M0 Danube bridge, is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the Danube, River Danube between Buda and Pest (city), Pest, respectively the west and east sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It i ...

, carrying Budapests's M0 motorway ring road, crosses the southern tip of the island, but there is no access to the island's road network from it. The island is connected to the mainland by the that crosses the Szentendre branch. There are also a number of ferries, across both the Szentendre and main branches of the Danube. Several villages are located on the island including (from north to south)

Kisoroszi Kisoroszi is a village on Szentendre Island in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered ...

Tahitótfalu Tahitótfalu is a village in the northern part of , Hungary. The Danube of Szentendre separates into two parts, one of these is Tótfalu which laying on Szentendre Island the other one is Tahi at the foothills of Visegrád Mountains, 28 kilomete ...

Pócsmegyer Pócsmegyer is a village on Szentendre Island 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, ...

, Surány, Szigetmonostor and Horány. In addition to farmland, orchards and vineyards, the island's most important role is to supply Budapest and the neighbouring towns with water.

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