Mórahalom is a city in Csongrád-Csanád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. It is a developing town located 20 km (12 mi) far from Szeged, 12 km (7 mi) from the western exit of the M5 motorway, along the main road 55. It is close to the Serbian border.

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Mórahalom
City
Church of Saint Luke
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 46.21636°N 19.88946°E / 46.21636; 19.88946
Country	Hungary
County	Csongrád-Csanád
District	Mórahalom
Government
• Mayot	Zoltán Nógrádi (Fidesz-KDNP)
Area
• Total	83.15 km2 (32.10 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	6,090
• Density	73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	6782
Area code	(+36) 62
Website	www.morahalom.hu

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The name of the town originates from the sand dune of “Móra Halma”, which was first mentioned in 1729. The exact area of Móra is unknown, however, it is known that its eponym was the family Móra who come from Szeged-Lower Town.

Since the founding of the town, it has developed incredibly due to the hard work and strong will of its inhabitants. The local farmers of the Sand Ridge taming the “golden eyed” sand enriched their settlement, which gained town rank in 1989.

The whole administrative area of the town is 8,311 ha, its outside urban area is 7.857 ha, its urban area is 454 ha with a population of 6,035. 1,587 of these inhabitants live in outside urban areas (farms).

The first industrial park of the Southern Great Plain was established here, the first qualified producing and selling union was organised here, more and more industrial workplaces are being created through small- and medium enterprise development programmes, the service sector is developing at a small regional level, and based on medical tourism a spa town has been established on the Sand Ridge region.

In 2021, seven people were killed and four were injured when a truck transporting migrants crashed into a house.^[1]

Mórahalom is twinned with:^[2]

Speedway Maraton Salakmotor (B.S.K.) run motorcycle speedway events at the speedway track, 7 kilometres south of the city.^[3] The venue located at (46°10′14″N 19°54′49″E), adjacent to the motocross pálya was run by the speedway rider Róbert Nagy for several years and hosted an international meeting between Hungary and Poland in 2013.^[4]