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Town in Békés, Hungary
Mezőberény
Town
Mezőberény town hall, WWI, WWII and István Horthy memorial with Turul birdMezőberény town hall, WWI, WWII and István Horthy memorial with Turul bird
Flag of MezőberényFlagCoat of arms of MezőberényCoat of arms
Mezőberény is located in HungaryMezőberényMezőberény
Coordinates: 46°29′36″N 21°08′38″E / 46.4932°N 21.144°E / 46.4932; 21.144
Country Hungary
CountyBékés
DistrictBékés
Area
 • Total118.53 km (45.76 sq mi)
Population
 • Total11,241
 • Density95/km (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code5650
Area code(+36) 66
Websitewww.mezobereny.hu

46°49′N 21°1′E / 46.817°N 21.017°E / 46.817; 21.017

Mezőberény (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɛzøːbɛreːɲ]; German: Maisbrünn; Slovak: Poľný Berinčok) is a town in Békés county, Hungary.

Location

Mezőberény is located in the Great Hungarian Plain, 200 km southeast from Budapest. Highway 46, 47 and Budapest-Szolnok-Békéscsaba-Lökösháza high speed (120–160 km/h (75–99 mph)) railway line also cross the town.

History

The Medieval village of Berény was ruined due to the Ottoman wars, native Hungarian population fled from the area. It was rebuilt in the 18th century with German, Hungarian and Slovak settlers and was a multiethnic town until the late 19th century, when Germans and Slovaks adopted the Hungarian language. In 1881, the town had a population of 11,368 people, of which 4,267 were Slovaks, 3,860 Hungarians, 2,614 Germans and 627 of other ethnicites.

Notable people

See also: Category:People from Békés County

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Mezőberény is twinned with:

References

  1. Magyarország autóatlasz, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2004, ISBN 963-03-7576-1
  2. Károly Kocsis (DSc, University of Miskolc) – Zsolt Bottlik (PhD, Budapest University) – Patrik Tátrai: Etnikai térfolyamatok a Kárpát-medence határon túli régióiban, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) – Földrajtudományi Kutatóintézet (Academy of Geographical Studies); Budapest; 2006.; ISBN 963-9545-10-4, CD Atlas
  3. "Hungarian 1881 census" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  4. "Testvérvárosaink". mezobereny.hu (in Hungarian). Mezőberény. Retrieved 2024-02-22.

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