Magyarcsanád

Magyarcsanád (Romanian: Cenadul Unguresc; Serbian: Чанад / Čanad) a multi-ethnic village located in Csongrád (county), southeast Hungary near the Mureş River (Hungarian: Maros). The Maros is a border-river here between southern Hungary and northern Romania.

Magyarcsanád
The main street of Magyarcsanád on an aerial photo
Coat of arms
Magyarcsanád
Location of Magyarcsanád in Hungary
Coordinates: 46.167°N 20.617°E / 46.167; 20.617
CountryHungary
RegionSouthern Great Plain
CountyCsongrád
SubregionMakói
RankVillage
Area
[1]
 • Total48.19 km2 (18.61 sq mi)
Population
 (1 January 2008)[2]
 • Total1,538
 • Density32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6932
Area code+36 62
KSH code05962[1]
Websitewww.magyarcsanad.hu

The population is mainly Hungarian, but many Romanians, Serbians and Romani people are also living here. Magyarcsanád has four churches: a Romanian Orthodox, a Serbian Orthodox, a Calvinist and a Roman Catholic.

The village has an own outskirt called Bökény directly near the Maros. Here is a tumulus (Hungarian: kunhalom) in which archeological artifacts were found.

Magyarcsanád has a partner-settlement Comloşu Mare (Hungarian: Nagykomlós) in Timiș County (Hungarian: Temes).

An old stone cross was erected near Magyarcsanád in the Middle Ages. The cross still stands. There is a small isle called in Hungarian "Senki szigete" (in English: Nobody's Isle) some kilometers eastward from Magyarcsanád on the border river Mureş. The isle is inhabited by Phalacrocoracidae (Phalacrocorax carbo).

References
  1. Magyarcsanád at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
  2. Magyarcsanád at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian). 1 January 2008
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