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Small region-Szigetszentmiklós

Small region

Alsónémedi – Apaj – Áporka – Bugyi – Délegyháza – Dömsöd – Dunaharaszti – Dunavarsány – Halásztelek
Kiskunlacháza – Kulcs – Lórév – Majosháza – Makád – Rácalmás – Ráckeve – Szigetbecse – Szigetcsép
Szigethalom – Szigetszentmárton – Szigetszentmiklós – Szigetújfalu – Taksony – Tököl

Szigetszentmiklós

Szigetszentmiklós is on the northern side of Csepel Island. It lies south of Csepel next to the Ráckeve Danube branch. Public transportation options from Budapest include the suburban train from Közvágóhíd or the bus from Csepel.  By car it is accessible via the M0 highway.

Szigetszentmiklós Local Government: Kossuth L. str. 2. 2310 Szigetszentmiklós
Tel.: (24) 466-379, Fax: (24) 466-065
web: www.szigetszentmiklos.hu

Szigetszentmiklós is a 700 year old town in the southwestern region of Pest County, on Csepel Island. To the north it is bordered by Csepel, to the east by the Ráckeve Danube branch, to the northwest by Halásztelek, to the southwest by Tököl and to south by Szigethalom.
The name of the town refers to its patron saint. This region belonged to Árpád at the time of the Settlement of the Magyars in Hungary. The first document that mentions the town stems from 1264. In the 1440s Serbian refugees from the south settled in the area. Later they fled from the Turks onward so only a small group of Hungarians stayed here. In the medieval era Szigetszentmiklós was in the hands of the kings of the time.
After 1690, Hungarian and Serbian settlers arrived, only to face new disasters in the town: floods, fire and disease. In the 18th century, the region became the property of the Prince of Savoya. Between the two World Wars a large number of buildings were constructed.
The Second World War resulted in huge damage to the town, mostly because of the proximity of the airplane manufacturing facility.  After the war, in 1949, a car factory was built near the town and this was followed by the building of housing estates in 1950.
Szigetszentmiklós became a city in 1986, due to its proximity to Budapest and the industry that established itself there. The city is divided into 3 parts: the new housing estates, the semi-detached houses and the detached family houses.
The growth of the population has grown in close relation to the development of the local industry. In 1946 there were 6,400 inhabitants, in 1990 there were more than 19,400 people and today this number has approached 25,500.

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