Ferencszállás
# Ferencszállás

Ferencszállás is a village in the Szeged District of Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.

## Geography

It covers an area of 5.79 $km^2$ (2 sq mi) and has a population of 605 people (2015). The village is accessible via Hungary's Highway 43. The town lies along the river Maros, 10.5 kilometers west of Makó.

## History

The village of Ferencszállás was founded in 1828 by the Hungarian baron Gerliczy Ferenc, from whom its name derives. Ferencszállás is located on a plain once known as Kukutyin puszta, which was the site of tobacco drying barns between 1810 and 1814.

