Csanád
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| County seat in 1910 | Makó |
| Area in 1910 | 1,714 km² |
| Population in 1910 | 145,200 |
| Present country | Hungary, Romania |
Csanád is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in western Romania and south-eastern Hungary. The capital of the county was Makó.
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[edit] Geography
Csanád county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Csongrád, Békés, Arad and Torontál. The river Mureş/Maros formed its southern border. Its area was 1715 km² around 1910.
[edit] History
Csanád county was formed before the 11th century. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), a small area in the south-east of the county (around Nădlac) became part of Romania. The rest of the county was united with parts of Torontál county (a small area south of Szeged) and Arad county (a small area south of Békéscsaba) to form the new county Csanád-Arad-Torontál.
After World War II Csanád-Arad-Torontál county was divided over the Hungarian counties Békés and Csongrád. The Romanian part of former Csanád county is now part of the Romanian county Arad.
[edit] Demographics
According to the census of 1900 140,007 people lived in the county. Therefore Csanád county was one of the most densely populated counties of the Hungarian Kingdom. Among them were 103,242 (73.2%) Hungarians, 1182 (0.8%) Germans, 17,274 (12.3%) Slovaks und 13,982 (10 %) Romanians and 3981 Serbs (2.8%). The Hungarians formed an ethnic majority in every district except for the district Nagylak. The main part of the Slovaks and Romanians lived in the district Nagylak, the Serbs in the district Battonya. 71,610 of the inhabitants were Catholics, 25,234 Calvinists, 18,384 Lutherans, 4520 Greek Catholics, 16,567 Orthodox and 3254 Jews.
[edit] Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Csanád county were:
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| District | Capital |
| Battonya | Battonya |
| Központ | Makó |
| Mezőkovácsháza | Mezőkovácsháza |
| Nagylak | Nagylak, RO Nădlac |
| Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város) | |
| Makó | |
The town of Nădlac is presently in Romania; the other towns mentioned are presently in Hungary.
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