Szigetszentmiklós ( /nowiki>; German language, German: ''Nigglau'') is a city in Pest County,

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, with around 40,000 inhabitants.

Name

* Sziget –

island An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...

: Szigetszentmiklós is a town on Csepel Island * Szent Miklós –

Saint Nicholas Saint Nicholas of Myra (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greeks, Greek descent from the maritime city of Patara (Lycia), Patara in Anatolia (in modern-day Antalya ...

, who is the patron saint of Szigetszentmiklós

Location

Szigetszentmiklós is located south of

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in the Csepel Island on the

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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 (, ). They were the ruling dynasty of the Principality of Hungary in the 9th and 10th centuries and of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1000 to 130 ...

was established, the region of today's

Ráckeve Ráckeve ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српски Ковин, Srpski Kovin) is a town on Csepel Island in the county of , Hungary. Its residents are mainly Hungarians, Magyars, with a minority of Serbs. The Serbian Kovin Monastery, the oldest in Hungary and ...

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% *

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: 0.6% * Slovak: 0.6% * Romani: 0.5% *

Bulgarians Bulgarians (, ) are a nation and South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and its neighbouring region, who share a common Bulgarian ancestry, culture, history and language. They form the majority of the population in Bulgaria, ...

: 0.2% * Ukrainian: 0.1% * Other/Undeclared: 8.5%

Religious denomination

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

: 35.9% *

Greek Catholic Greek Catholic Church or Byzantine-Catholic Church may refer to: * The Catholic Church in Greece * The Eastern Catholic Churches The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also known as the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Ea ...

: 2.2% *

Calvinist Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. In the modern day, it is largely represented by the Continental Reformed Protestantism, Continenta ...

: 21.4% *

Lutheran Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched ...

: 1.0% * Other denomination: 2.1% * Non-religious: 20.7% * Undeclared: 16.6%

Twin towns – sister cities

Szigetszentmiklós is twinned with: *

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, Poland (2003) *

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, Romania (1996) * Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria (2004) * Kočani, North Macedonia (2004) *

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, Finland (1992) *

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, Italy (2003) * Steinheim, Germany (2003) * Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia (2004) *

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, Latvia (2024)

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

Notable people

Artist was born here in 1939.

References

External links

Central Region

Map of Szigetszentmiklós

Szigetszentmiklós Baptist Church

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