- Szigetszentmiklós
Infobox City
official_name = Szigetszentmiklós
nickname =
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map_caption =
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = County
subdivision_name =Hungary
subdivision_name1 = Pest
leader_title =Mayor
leader_name =Szabó József (Fidesz)
area_magnitude =
area_total_km2 = 45.76
area_land_km2 =
area_water_km2 =
population_as_of = 2005
population_note =
population_total = 26,662
population_density_km2 = 582.64
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latitude = 47°20′44″ N
longitude = 19°02′54″ E
latd=47 |latm=20 |lats=44 |latNS=N
longd=19 |longm=02 |longs=54 |longEW=E
elevation_m =
elevation_ft =
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 2310
area_code = 24
website = [http://szigetszentmiklos.hu/ szigetszentmiklos.hu]
footnotes =Szigetszentmiklós is a city in
Pest county inHungary with approximately 26,662 inhabitants.Name
* Sziget –
island : Szigetszentmiklós is a town in theCsepel Island
* Szent Miklós –Saint Nicholas , who is the patron saint of SzigetszentmiklósLocation
Szigetszentmiklós is located south of
Budapest in theCsepel Island on theDanube river in Ráckeve Region.History
After the
Árpád dynasty was established, the region of today'sRáckeve 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%
* German: 0.6%
* Slovak: 0.6%
* Roma: 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
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 Gallery
Sources and external links
* [http://www.szigetszentmiklos.hu Official website of town]
* [http://www.kisduna.net/ kisduna.net]
* [http://www.kozpontiregio.hu/ Central Region]
* [http://terkepkalauz.hu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=656&Itemid=99999999 Map of Szigetszentmiklós]
* [http://szigetszentmiklos.baptist.hu/ Szigetszentmiklós Baptist Church]
* [http://www.futsalarena.hu/sztk/ Szigetszentmiklós Sport Club]
* [http://www.indulhatunk.hu/turist-line/presentation.search.do?city_id=2563 Film about Szigetszentmiklós – indulhatunk.hu]
* [http://lakihegyipark.atw.hu/ Lakihegyi Lakópark]
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