Röszke is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

Csongrád county 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 ...

, in the

Southern Great Plain The Southern Great Plain ( hu, Dél-Alföld) is a statistical ( NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of Great Plain and North (NUTS 1) region. The Southern Great Plain includes three counties: * Bács-Kiskun * Békés * Csongrád-Csanád See ...

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of 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 ...

. The nearest town 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 ...

Sándor Rózsa Sándor Rózsa (born July 10, 1813, Röszke – died November 22, 1878, Szamosújvár) was a Hungarian outlaw (in Hungarian: ''betyár'') from the Great Hungarian Plain. He is the best-known Hungarian highwayman; his life inspired numerous w ...

, the legendary Hungarian bandit was born here in 1813.

Geography

It covers an

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of and has a

population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...

of 3091 people (2013).

Border crossing

A major road border crossing on Hungary's M5 motorway into

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

is located from the village. On the other side of the border in Serbia the first settlement is

Horgoš Horgoš ( sr, Хоргош, Horgoš; hu, Horgos) is a village located in the municipality of Kanjiža, North Banat District, Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011 census, it has a population of 5,709 inhabitants. A border crossing between Serbia and H ...

where the

E75 in Serbia The A1 motorway ( sr, Аутопут А1, Autoput A1) is a motorway in Serbia and at it is the longest motorway in Serbia. It crosses the country from north to south, starting at the Horgoš border crossing with Hungary and ending at the Prešev ...

begins. During the

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, the village served as a refugee camp for refugees.

Notable residents

(1813 – 1878), Hungarian

betyár The betyárs ( Hungarian: ''betyár'' (singular) or ''betyárok'' (plural)), were the highwaymen of the 19th century Kingdom of Hungary. The "betyár" word is the Hungarian version of "Social Bandit".Shingo MinamizukaA social bandit in nineteen ...

('' en, outlaw'')

Gallery

File:Röszke főtér.jpg, Central square of Röszke File:Művelődési Ház az előtte levő parkkal.jpg, Cultural Centre File:Katolikus templom.jpg, Roman Catholic Church

References

Populated places in Csongrád-Csanád County Hungary–Serbia border crossings {{Csongrad-geo-stub