Csongrád-Csanád ( hu, Csongrád-Csanád megye ) is the name of an administrative county (

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or ''megye'') in southern

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

, straddling the river

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, on the border with

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and

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Bács-Kiskun County,

Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok ( hu, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok megye, ) is the name of an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus or ''megye'') in Hungary. It lies in central Hungary and shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest ...

and Békés. The administrative centre of Csongrád-Csanád county is

Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also #Etymology, other alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat ...

. The county is also part of the

Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion The Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion (DMKT; ro, Dunăre–Criș–Mureș–Tisa; hu, Duna–Körös–Maros–Tisza; sr, Dunav–Kriš–Moriš–Tisa or ) is a euroregion located in Hungary, Romania and Serbia. It is named after fo ...

History

On October 3, 2017, the Hungarian Parliament passed a resolution to rename Csongrád County to Csongrád-Csanád County, which took effect on June 4, 2020. The resolution was submitted by

János Lázár János Lázár (born 19 February 1975) is a Hungarian politician and Member of Parliament. He was former leader of the Fidesz parliamentary group (2010–2012) and State Secretary, then Minister of Prime Minister's Office (2012–2018) in the c ...

, then-Minister of the Prime Minister's Office, who called the renaming symbolic as more than a dozen settlements in the area still share Csanád County's identity.

Geography

This county has a total area of – 4,58% of Hungary. The area of Csongrád-Csanád County is flat. It has a high number of sunshine hours and excellent soil, which makes it the most important agricultural area of Hungary. Its most famous products are

paprika Paprika ( US , ; UK , ) is a spice made from dried and ground red peppers. It is traditionally made from ''Capsicum annuum'' varietals in the Longum group, which also includes chili peppers, but the peppers used for paprika tend to be milder an ...

from

and

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s from

Makó Makó (, german: Makowa, yi, מאַקאָווע Makowe, ro, Macău or , sk, Makov) is a town in Csongrád County, in southeastern Hungary, from the Romanian border. It lies on the Maros River. Makó is home to 23,272 people and it has an area ...

, but grain, vegetables, and fruits are also significant. Half of the onions, paprika, and vegetables produced in Hungary are from Csongrád-Csanád. The county is also rich in oil and natural gas. The highest point is Ásotthalom (125 m), the lowest is Gyálarét (78 m; lowest point of Hungary).

Neighbours

in the North. *

Békés County Békés (, , ro, Județul Bichiș) is an administrative division (county or ''megye'') in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Csongrád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Hajdú-Bihar. The ...

in the East. * and in the South –

Timiș County Timiș () is a county ('' județ'') of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Romania in terms of land area. T ...

Arad County Arad County () is an administrative division ( judeţ) of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crișana and few villages in Banat. The administrative center ...

North Banat District The North Banat District ( sr, Севернобанатски округ, Severnobanatski okrug, ; hu, Észak-bánsági körzet) is one of seven administrative districts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It lies in the geograph ...

and

North Bačka District The North Bačka District ( sr, Севернобачки округ, Severnobački okrug, ; hu, Észak-bácskai körzet) is one of seven administrative districts of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It lies in the Bačka geographi ...

* Bács-Kiskun County in the West.

Demographics

After the end of the Ottoman occupation in 1715, the county was nearly uninhabited, with a

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of less than 5/km². In the 18th and 19th centuries, the county was repopulated by ethnic

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...

from the relatively overpopulated northern and western counties of the

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...

. According to the 2001 census, the county is home for 423,826 people (216,936 people live in urban counties) with a population density is 100/km². It has a Hungarian majority. In 2015, it had a population of 406,205 and the

was 95/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 5,000), Romanian (1,500), German (1,300) and Serb (1,300). Total population (2011 census): 417,456
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 367,193 persons: *

: 355,554 (96.83%) *

Gypsies The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sign ...

: 4,720 (1.29%) *Others and indefinable: 6,919 (1.88%) Approximately 59,000 persons in Csongrád-Csanád County did not declare their ethnic group on the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to the 2011 census: *Catholic – 165,955 (

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

– 164,060;

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– 1,855); * Reformed – 29,289; *

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide Interdenominationalism, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being "bor ...

– 3,488; *

Orthodox Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to: Religion * Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pa ...

– 923; *

Judaism Judaism ( he, ''Yahăḏūṯ'') is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people. It has its roots as an organized religion in the ...

– 263; *Other religions – 7,278; *

Non-religious Irreligion or nonreligion is the absence or rejection of religion, or indifference to it. Irreligion takes many forms, ranging from the casual and unaware to full-fledged philosophies such as atheism and agnosticism, secular humanism and anti ...

– 90,836; *

Atheism Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no d ...

– 6,585; *''Undeclared'' – 112,839.

Regional structure

Transport

Road network

In 2012, Csongrád-Csanád County had a dense network of public roads, in total length of 1,350 km, of which 281 km were main roads. Inland, connections were provided by 1,049 km of county and communal roads and 20 km were covered with light road surfaces. ;Highway network * M5 (Hu) Otszogletu kek tabla

runs from

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

Röszke Röszke is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. The nearest town is Szeged . Sándor Rózsa, the legendary Hungarian bandit was born here in 1813. Geography It covers an area of and has a popula ...

(

n border). ~ 47 km * M9 (Hu) Otszogletu kek tabla

''runs from

Szombathely Szombathely (; german: Steinamanger, ; see also other alternative names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by t ...

. (planned)'' * M43 (Hu) Otszogletu kek tabla

runs from Szeged to Csanádpalota (

n border). - 58 km ;Road network * 5 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla

runs from Budapest to Röszke (Serbian border), via

Kistelek Kistelek is a town in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city ...

and Szeged. - 52 km * 43 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla

runs from Szeged to

Nagylak Nagylak ( ro, Nădlac or ) is a village in Csongrád-Csanád County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and in 2017 had a population of 433, 6% of whom is of Romanian Romanian may refer to: * ...

(Romanian border), via

. - 55 km * 430 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla

runs from Makó to Hódmezővásárhely. - 30 km * 431 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla

runs from Makó to

Kiszombor Kiszombor is a more than 800 years old village in Csongrád County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 3795 people (2015). It is an agricultural village, near the Maros ...

(Romanian border). - 6 km * 45 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla

runs from

Kunszentmárton Kunszentmárton is a small town of the county of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, central Hungary. Geography Körös River crosses the town from the north-east to the south. Twin towns – sister cities Kunszentmárton is twinned with: * Teterow Tet ...

to Hódmezővásárhely, via

Szentes Szentes is a town in south-eastern Hungary, Csongrád county, near the Tisza river. The town is a cultural and educational center of the region. Notable people * Árpád Balázs (born 1937), classical music composer * János Bácskai 1954. novembe ...

. - 43 km * 47 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla

runs from Szeged to

Debrecen Debrecen ( , is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the largest Hungarian city in the 18th century and i ...

, via Hódmezővásárhely. * 55 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla

runs from Szeged to

Bátaszék Bátaszék (german: Badeseck, sr, Батсек, Batsek) is a town in Tolna County, Hungary. The majority residents are Hungarians, with a minority of Serbs. "The oldest tree of Bátaszék" won the title of European Tree of the Year 2016. The Ro ...

, via

Mórahalom Mórahalom is a town in Csongrád-Csanád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Mórahalom is known for its thermal spa. Mórahalom is a developing town located far from Szeged, from the western exit of the M5 motorwa ...

. *

runs from

Kiskunfélegyháza Kiskunfélegyháza (; german: Feulegaß) is a city in Bács-Kiskun County, Hungary. Geography Kiskunfélegyháza is located in the middle of the Great Hungarian Plain, southeast from Budapest. M5 motorway, Highway 5, 451, Budapest–Cegléd–Sz ...

to Szentes, via

Csongrád Csongrád ( ro, Ciongrad; tr, Conğrad sr, Чонград, Čongrad, archaically also ''Црноград/Crnograd'') is a town in Csongrád County in southern Hungary. History At the time of the Hungarian Conquest (the end of 9th century) the ...

. *

''western bypass of Szeged.''

Politics

County Assembly

The Csongrád-Csanád County Council, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 20 counselors, with the following party composition:

Presidents of the County Assembly

Members of the National Assembly

The following members elected of the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...

during the 2022 parliamentary election:

Municipalities

Csongrád-Csanád County has 2 urban counties, 8

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, 7 large villages and 43 villages. As a typical Great Plain county, Csongrád-Csanád has a relatively small number of municipalities. 72.5% of the population lives in cities/towns, so it is one of the most urbanized county in Hungary.List of localities in Csongrád county by area, population and status (2001 census), English
/ref> ;Cities with county rights (ordered by population, as of 2011

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) *

(168,048) – county seat * Hódmezővásárhely (46,047) ;Towns *

(28,509) *

(23,683) *

(17,242) *

Sándorfalva Sándorfalva is a town in Csongrád-Csanád County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by ...

(7,871) *

(7,103) *

Mindszent Mindszent is a town in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city ...

(6,914) *

(5,804) * Csanádpalota (2,923) ;Villages *

Algyő Algyő ( hr, Đeva) is a large village in Csongrád County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area ...

* Ambrózfalva *

Apátfalva Apátfalva is a village in Csongrád County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 2290 people (2015). File:Apátfalva2.jpg, Saint Michael's church, Apátfalva Refere ...

* Árpádhalom *

Ásotthalom Ásotthalom ( hr, Zlatara) is a village in Csongrád County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary, near the border with Serbia. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 3,856 people (2017). Politics The local m ...

* Baks *

Balástya Balástya is a village in Csongrád County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be ...

* Bordány *

Csanádalberti Csanádalberti is a village in Csongrád County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether i ...

Csanytelek Csanytelek is a village in Csongrád County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be ...

Csengele Csengele is a village in Csongrád County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a ...

* Derekegyház *

Deszk Deszk ( sr, Деска or ''Deska'') is a village near the city of Szeged, in Csongrád-Csanád County, Hungary. Deszk has a historically important Serb minority that consisted 4.9% of the whole population in 2001. The name of the village was firs ...

* Domaszék *

Dóc Dóc is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a ci ...

Eperjes Eperjes is a village in Szentes District of Csongrád County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single ...

* Fábiánsebestyén *

Felgyő Felgyő is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a ...

Ferencszállás Ferencszállás is a village in the Szeged District of Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 605 people (2015). The village is accessible via Hungary's ...

Forráskút Forráskút is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it b ...

Földeák Földeák is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography This town or village covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single are ...

Királyhegyes Királyhegyes is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it ...

* Klárafalva *

Kövegy Kövegy is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 362 people (2015). References

Populated places in Csongrád-Csanád County ...

* Kübekháza *

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

Maroslele Maroslele is a village in , southern Hungary. It covers an area of between the southeastern part of the Tisza River and Maros River and in 2009 had a population of 2,084. The village was first mentioned in records dating from 1214. Only one doc ...

* Mártély * Nagyér *

Nagymágocs Nagymágocs is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be ...

Nagytőke Nagytőke is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 506 people (2002). Elections On September 4, 2016. Csaba Szél won the mayoral electio ...

Óföldeák Óföldeák is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it ...

Ópusztaszer Ópusztaszer (till 1974 Sövényháza) is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. It is most known as the location of the Ópusztaszer National Heritage Park. Geography It covers an area of and ha ...

* Öttömös *

Pitvaros Pitvaros is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a ...

* Pusztamérges *

Pusztaszer Pusztaszer is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 1674 people (2002). Sightseeing A National Memorial Park has been established in the ne ...

* Ruzsa *

Szatymaz Szatymaz is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. The village lies 12 kilometers northwest of Szeged, neighboring Lake Fehér, a part of Kiskunság National Park. Szatymaz is accessible via the M ...

Szegvár Szegvár is a village in Csongrád County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered ...

Székkutas Székkutas (historically ) is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basi ...

Tiszasziget Tiszasziget is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovak ...

Tömörkény Tömörkény is a village near the town of Csongrád in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and in 2015 had a population of 1,712. History The first settlement was built by ...

Újszentiván Újszentiván ( sr, Нови Сентиван, Novi Sentivan) is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Residents are Magyars, with minority of Serbs. Geography It covers an area of and has a po ...

Üllés Üllés is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. There is a gas field near the village. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of ...

* Zákányszék *

Zsombó Zsombó is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a c ...

municipalities are ''large'' villages.

Gallery

File:Fogadalmi templom (12498. számú műemlék) 19.jpg,

, the capital of the county File:Megyeháza (3538. számú műemlék) 45.jpg, County hall in

File:Tápé-Rét.JPG,

Great Hungarian Plain The Great Hungarian Plain (also known as Alföld or Great Alföld, hu, Alföld or ) is a plain occupying the majority of the modern territory of Hungary. It is the largest part of the wider Pannonian Plain. (However, the Great Hungarian plain ...

in Csongrád-Csanád County File:Szélmalom (3523. számú műemlék) 3.jpg, Windmill near Szeged File:Volt Károlyi-kastély (3426. számú műemlék) 2.jpg, ''Károlyi Mansion'' in

File:Halászház (17255. számú műemlék) 4.jpg, Traditional house in

File:Kurcaparti tanösvény Mindszent - panoramio (42).jpg, ''River Kurca'' File:Erdők temploma Ópusztaszer.JPG, ''Church of Forests'' in

References

External links

Official site
in Hungarian
Délmagyarország (delmagyar.hu) - The county portal
{{DEFAULTSORT:Csongrad County Counties of Hungary