Csanád County

Csanád was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now part of Hungary, except for a small area which is part of Romania. The capital of the county was Makó.

Csanád County
Comitatus Chanadiensis (Latin)
Csanád vármegye (Hungarian)
Komitat Tschanad (German)
Čanadská župa (Slovak)
Comitatul Cenad (Romanian)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(11th century-1542)
County of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom
(1542-1552)
County of the Kingdom of Hungary
(1699-1786, 1790-1853, 1860-1923, 1945-1946)
County of the Second Hungarian Republic
(1946-1949)
County of the Hungarian People's Republic
(1949-1950)
Coat of arms

CapitalMarosvár (Csanád) 1028-
; Makó (1730-1950)
Area
  Coordinates46°13′N 20°29′E
 
 1910
1,714 km2 (662 sq mi)
Population 
 1910
145,248
History 
 Established
11th century
 Ottoman conquest
1552
 County recreated
1699
 Merged into Békés-Csanád-Csongrád County
1 June 1786
 County recreated
26 April 1790
 Merged into Békés-Csanád County
10 January 1853
 County recreated
20 October 1860
 Treaty of Trianon
4 June 1920
 Merged into Csanád-Arad-Torontál County
1923
 County recreated
1945
 Disestablished
16 March 1950
Today part ofHungary
(1,469 km2)
Romania
(245 km2)
Cenad is now the name of the former capital.
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