Horgoš is a village located in Kanjiža

Kanjiža

Kanjiža is a town and municipality in the North Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia...

 municipality, in the North Banat District

North Banat District

North Banat District is a northern district of Serbia. It lies in the regions of Banat and Bačka, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. As of the 2002 census, the district has a population of 165,881. The seat of the district is Kikinda....

 of Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina

Vojvodina

Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...

. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 6,325 people (2002 census).

Near the village there is the most important national border crossing point between Serbia and Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

. The first town in Hungary is Röszke

Röszke

Röszke is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. The nearest town is Szeged .A major road border crossing on Hungary's M5 motorway into Serbia is located 3 km from the village. On the other side of the border in Serbia the first settlement is Horgoš...

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Famous residents

The village was the seat of the famous Hungarian noble family, the Kárász de Horgos et Szentpéter.

External links

• History of the village