Magyarcsanád
Cenadul Unguresc, Чанад
The main street of Magyarcsanád on an aerial photo
The main street of Magyarcsanád on an aerial photo
Coat of arms of Magyarcsanád
Coat of arms
Magyarcsanád is located in Hungary
Magyarcsanád
Magyarcsanád
Location of Magyarcsanád in Hungary
Coordinates: 46°10′01″N 20°37′01″E / 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

Magyarcsanád (Romanian: Cenadul Unguresc; Serbian: Чанад, romanized: Čanad) is a multi-ethnic village located in Csongrád-Csanád County, southeastern Hungary, near the Mureș (Maros) River. The Maros is a border-river here between southern Hungary and northern Romania.

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

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

Magyarcsanád has a partner-settlement, Comloșu Mare, in Timiș County, Romania.

An old stone cross was erected near Magyarcsanád in the Middle Ages. The cross still stands.

There is a small isle called 'Senki szigete' (English: No Man's Isle) some kilometers eastward from Magyarcsanád on the border river Maros. The isle is inhabited by Phalacrocoracidae (Phalacrocorax carbo).

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