Magyarcsanád

Magyarcsanád

The main street of Magyarcsanád on an aerial photo

Coat of arms
Magyarcsanád

Location of Magyarcsanád in Hungary

Coordinates: 46°10′01″N 20°37′01″E / 46.167°N 20.617°E
Country Hungary
Region Southern Great Plain
County Csongrád
Subregion Makói
Rank Village
KSH code 05962[1]
Area[1]
 • Total 48.19 km2 (18.61 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2008)[1]
 • Total 1,538
 • Density 32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 6932
Area code +36 62
Website www.magyarcsanad.hu

Magyarcsanád (Romanian: Cenadul Unguresc; Serbian: Чaнaд / 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 northern Hungary and southern Romania.

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 Timiş 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Magyarcsanád at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).

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