Szigetszentmiklós

Szigetszentmiklós is a city in Pest county, Hungary with approximately 30,000 inhabitants.Name Sziget – island: Szigetszentmiklós is a town in the Csepel Island Szent Miklós – Saint Nicholas, who is the patron saint of SzigetszentmiklósLocationSzigetszentmiklós is located south of Budapest in the Csepel Island on the Danube river in Ráckeve Region.HistoryAfter 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.DemographicsEthnicity 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)