Magyarcsanád

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Magyarcsanád
Cenadul Unguresc, Чанад
The main street of Magyarcsanád on an aerial photo
The main street of Magyarcsanád on an aerial photo
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6932
Area code+36 62
KSH code05962[1]
Websitewww.magyarcsanad.hu

Magyarcsanád (Romanian: Cenadul Unguresc; Serbian: Чанад, romanizedČanad) 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

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

Phalacrocorax carbo
).

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