Szigetszentmiklós

Szigetszentmiklós ( ] ; German: Nigglau) is a city in Pest County, Hungary, with around 40,000 inhabitants.

Name

 * Sziget – island: Szigetszentmiklós is a town on 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 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.

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%

Twin towns – sister cities
Szigetszentmiklós is twinned with:


 * 🇵🇱 Busko-Zdrój, Poland (2003)
 * 🇷🇴 Gheorgheni, Romania (1996)
 * 🇧🇬 Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria (2004)
 * 🇲🇰 Kočani, North Macedonia (2004)
 * 🇫🇮 Oulu, Finland (1992)
 * 🇮🇹 Specchia, Italy (2003)
 * 🇩🇪 Steinheim, Germany (2003)
 * Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia (2004)
 * Auce, Latvia (2024)

Notable people
Artist János Nádasdy was born here in 1939.