Cenad (Hungarian: Nagycsanád, during the Dark Ages Marosvár; German: Großtschanad, archaically Maroschburg; Serbian: Нађчанад, romanized: Nađčanad; Latin: Chanadinum) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania.

Cenad is located in the west of Timiș County, on the left bank of the Mureș River, on the border with Hungary.

It borders Igriș to the northeast, Saravale to the southeast, Sânnicolau Mare to the south, Dudeștii Vechi to the southwest and Beba Veche to the west.

Archaeological cultures such as Starčevo–Criș, Vinča, Tisza and Tiszapolgár, through discoveries in several places, demonstrate the consistency of human habitation at that time.

At the beginning of Stephen I's reign, the first King of Hungary, Ahtum had his residence here, who brought architects from Greece to build a church, a monastery and a palace.

[6] Being a pagan, his rulership was marked by several abuses against the local population, which is why Stephen I decided to send against him Chanadinus, a relative of the king and a former friend of Ahtum, Christianized at Esztergom.

[7] As a reward, the king establishes a new county bearing Chanadinus' name and having its seat at Morisena, which also receives the status of royal fortress.

Ottoman rule there was interrupted when the area was occupied by the Principality of Transylvania between 1595 and 1598, and ended with the Austrian conquest in 1716.

After the defeat of the Turks by the Austrians, among the conditions of the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699 was the demolition of the fortresses in Banat, as was the case of Cenad.