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

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. The population is mainly Hungarian, but many

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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

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, a

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, a Serbian Orthodox, and a Romanian Orthodox one. The village has an own outskirt called Bökény directly near the Maros. Here is a

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() 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'').

References

External links

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