SZIGET(Mármaros-Sziget), chief town of the county of Mārmaros in the north-east of Hungary, is the centre of a salt-mining district, with mining and forestry head departments. The town lies in a valley which abounds in picturesque scenery and is rich in mineral springs. It has a county-hall, Protestant and Catholic gymnasia, a convent, a nunnery, and a training-school for teachers. The population (10,852 in 1880) was about 11,200 in 1885.