Szigetszentmiklós

Szigetszentmiklós
Szigetszentmiklós
Basic data
State :	Hungary
Region :	Central Hungary
County :	pest
Small area until December 31, 2012 :	Ráckeve
Coordinates :	47 ° 21 '  N , 19 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 20 '44 "  N , 19 ° 2' 54"  E
Area :	45.65  km²
Residents :	34,331 (Jan. 1, 2011)
Population density :	752 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	(+36) 24
Postal code :	2310
KSH kódja:	28954
Structure and administration (as of 2012)
Mayor :	József Szabó ( Fidesz )
Postal address :	Kossuth Lajos u. 2 2310 Szigetszentmiklós
Website :	szigetszentmiklos.hu
(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal )

Szigetszentmiklós (German: Nigglau ) is a town in Pest County, Hungary . It is located south of Budapest on the island of Csepel in the Danube and includes, among other things, the Lakihegy transmitter . Szigetszentmiklós was first mentioned in a document in 1264, and it received city rights in 1986.

Naming

The name essentially consists of two parts: Sziget stands for island in Hungarian , which means the Csepel, and Szent Miklós stands for Saint Nicholas , the patron saint of the city. The German name Nigglau is also a modification of Nikolaus.

Demographics

In 2003 the population of Szigetszentmiklós consisted of 91.3% Hungarians, 0.6% Germans, 0.6% Slovaks, 0.5% Roma, 0.2% Bulgarians and 0.1% Ukrainians.

35.9% of the total population were Roman Catholic, 2.2% Greek Catholic, 21.4% Calvinist, 1% Evangelical Lutheran, 20.7% without religion, 2.1% other.

Twin cities

Szigetszentmiklós currently has partnerships with eight cities:

The town twinning
	Haukipudas	Finland	1992
-	Gheorgheni	Romania	1996
	Busko-Zdrój	Poland	2003
-	Specchia	Italy	2003
	Steinheim	Germany ( North Rhine-Westphalia )	2003
	Gorna Oryachovitsa	Bulgaria	2004
-	Kočani	North Macedonia	2004
	Sveti Martin na Muri	Croatia

Personalities

• The artist János Nádasdy was born here in 1939 .

Web links

Commons : Szigetszentmiklós  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the city

References and comments

1. ↑ NN : János Nádasdy on the page kuenstler.haz.de of the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung [o. D.], accessed December 3, 2012