Szigetszentmiklós

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Country Hungary County Pest Rank City Area 45.76 km² Postal code 2310		Region Central Hungary Subregion Ráckeve KSH code 28954 Population 32,340 (2009) Local time Tuesday 4:48 AM

Weather 14°C, Wind N at 11 km/h, 58% Humidity

Szigetszentmiklós [ˈsiɡ.ɛt.sɛnt.mik.loːʃ] is a city in Pest county, Hungary with approximately 30,000 inhabitants.

Map of Szigetszentmikl%C3%B3s, 2310 Hungary

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.

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)

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

References

Szigetszentmiklós Wikipedia

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