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Mezőberény
Town
Mezőberény town hall, WWI, WWII and István Horthy memorial with Turul bird
Flag Coat of arms
Mezőberény
Coordinates: 46.4932°N 21.144°E / 46.4932; 21.144
Country	Hungary
County	Békés
District	Békés
Area
• Total	118.53 km2 (45.76 sq mi)
Population  (2009)
• Total	11,241
• Density	95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	5650
Area code	(+36) 66
Website	www.mezobereny.hu

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

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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

• Soma Orlai Petrich (1822–1880), painter

Mezőberény is twinned with:^[4]

• Čantavir (Subotica), Serbia
• Gronau, Germany
• Kolárovo, Slovakia
• Münsingen, Germany
• Sovata, Romania