Szigetszentmiklós ([ ] ](https://bliptext.com/articles/help-ipa-hungarian); German: Nigglau) is a city in Pest County, Hungary, with around 40,000 inhabitants.

Name

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.

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Twin towns – sister cities

Szigetszentmiklós is twinned with:

Gallery

Notable people

Artist János Nádasdy was born here in 1939.