Jászberény

Infobox Settlement


image_caption = Temple in Jászberény
settlement_type =
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = HUN
latd=47.5
longd=19.9167
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timezone=CET
utc_offset=+1
timezone_DST=CEST
utc_offset_DST=+2
official_name=Jászberény
subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
area_total_km2=221.35
population_as_of=2001
population_total=28293
population_footnotes=
population_density_km2=127.8
postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code=5100
area_code=57

Jászberény is a city and market centre in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in Hungary.

Location

Jászberény is located in central Hungary, on the Zagyva River, a tributary of the Tisza River. It is about convert|100|km|mi|0|abbr=on from Budapest.

History

The Jász people, a tribe of Iranian descent, settled the area in the 13th century, and were largely self-governing in the region that formed with Jászberény as its cultural and political center. Though it was long an agricultural area, the city became industrialized in the 1950s, resulting in new jobs and prosperity.

While governed by the Habsburgs, along with the rest of Hungary, Jászberény had to pay high taxes to Austria. The people of the city banded together to buy their independence, an event locally referred to as the 'Act of Salvation'.

Jászberény is rumored to be the burial place of Attila the Hun.

Twin towns

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External links

* [http://www.jaszinfo.hu JaszINFO site]
* [http://www.jaszbereny.hu Official site]
* [http://www.yazd.com/features/Jaszbereny/Jaszberenyyazd.htm Jászberény on yazd.com]