| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Coordinates: | 46.4932°N 21.144°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Hungary |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Official Name: | Mezőberény |
| Subdivision Type1: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Békés |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Békés |
| Area Total Km2: | 118.53 |
| Population As Of: | 2009 |
| Population Total: | 11241 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 5650 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | (+36) 66 |
Mezőberény (in Hungarian pronounced as /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]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary. Mezőberény is twinned with:[4]
Čantavir (Subotica), Serbia
Kolárovo, Slovakia
Sovata, Romania