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Mezőberény
Coat of armsCoordinates: 46°29′36″N 21°08′38″E / 46.4932°N 21.144°E 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 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.
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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
Categories:- Populated places in Békés county
- Hungarian German communities
- Slovak communities in Hungary
- Békés county geography stubs
- Hungarian history stubs
- Slovakia stubs
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