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Magyarcsanád ( ro, Cenadul Unguresc; sr, Чанад, Čanad) is a multi-ethnic village located in Csongrád-Csanád County, southeastern
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, Croa ...
, near the Mureș () River. The Maros is a border-river here between southern Hungary and northern
Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, a ...
. The population is mainly Hungarian, but many
Romanians The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym '' Vlachs'') are a Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Romanian culture and ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2011 Roman ...
,
Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their ...
and
Romani people 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 sig ...
also live here. Magyarcsanád has four churches: a
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 letter ...
, a
Calvinist Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Ca ...
, a Serbian Orthodox, and a Romanian Orthodox one. The village has an own outskirt called Bökény directly near the Maros. Here is a
tumulus A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or '' kurgans'', and may be found throughout much of the world. A cairn, which is a mound of stones ...
() 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' ( en, 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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Vendégváró (Hungarian)

(Térképcentrum, Hungarian, with map)

Gyalogló (Hungarian)

Hungarian Central Statistical Office about Magyarcsanád (English)



(satellite map, in the centre-right in Google Map)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Magyarcsanad Populated places in Csongrád-Csanád County Serb communities in Hungary