Mezőberény

Mezőberény
Coat of arms
Mezőberény
Coordinates: 46°29′36″N 21°08′38″E / 46.4932°N 21.144°E / 46.4932; 21.144
Country	Hungary
County	Békés
Area
– Total	118.53 km2 (45.8 sq mi)
Population (2009)
– Total	11,241
– Density	97.79/km2 (253.3/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	5650
Area code(s)	66

Coordinates: 46°49′N 21°1′E / 46.817°N 21.017°E / 46.817; 21.017 Mezőberény ([ˈmɛzøːbɛreːɲ]; German: Maisbrünn, Slovak: Poľný Berinčok) is a town in Békés county, Hungary. It is located in the southern Great Alföld. In this town the road from Debrecen to Szeged crosses the railway line from Budapest to Bucharest.

Museums

• Orlai Petrics Soma-Museum

Famous persons

See also Category: People from Békés County.

• Soma Orlai Petrich (1822 – 1880) painter
• Károly Jeszenszky (1851 - 1927)
• András Somos (1911 - 1996)
• Anikó Udvardy (born 1952)
• Péter Bereznai (born 1955)

Sister towns

• Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (1987)
• Kolárovo, Slovakia (1946)
• Münsingen, Germany (1993)
• Sovata, Romania (1998)

External links

• Website of Mezőberény (Hungarian)
• Website of Petőfi Sándor Gimnázium (Hungarian)
• Guide Mezőberény (Hungarian)
• Map (Hungarian)

References