Jászberény

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**Jászberény**
County	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
Area	221.35 km²
Population Total (2001) Population density	28.293 127.8 /km²
Postal code	H-5100
Area code	57

The main church in the center of Jaszberény

The horn of Lehel kept in Jászberény

Jászberény is a city and market centre in Hungary.

1 Location
2 History
3 Twin towns
4 External links

[edit] Location

Jászberény is located in central Hungary, on the Zagyva River, a tributary of the Tisza River. It is about 100 km from Budapest.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Twin towns

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Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county

County of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok Topics \| History \| Geography \| Government \| Politics \| Economy \| People from Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok
County seat	Szolnok
Cities and towns	Abádszalók \| Jászapáti \| Jászárokszállás \| Jászberény \| Jászfényszaru \| Karcag \| Kenderes \| Kisújszállás \| Kunhegyes \| Kunszentmárton \| Martfű \| Mezőtúr \|Tiszaföldvár \| Tiszafüred \| Törökszentmiklós \| Túrkeve \| Újszász
Villages	Ágasegyháza \| Alattyán \| Berekfürdő \| Besenyszög \| Cibakháza \| Csataszög \| Cserkeszőlő \| Csépa \| Fegyvernek \| Hunyadfalva \| Jánoshida \| Jászágó \| Jászalsószentgyörgy \| Jászboldogháza \|Jászdózsa \| Jászfelsőszentgyörgy \| Jászivány \| Jászjákóhalma \| Jászkisér \| Jászladány \| Jászszentandrás \| Jásztelek \| Kengyel \| Kétpó \| Kőtelek \| Kuncsorba \| Kunmadaras \| Mesterszállás \| Mezőhék \| Nagyiván \| Nagykörű \| Nagyrév \| Pusztamonostor \| Rákóczifalva \| Rákócziújfalu \| Szajol \| Szelevény \| Tiszabő \| Tiszabura \| Tiszaderzs \| Tiszagyenda \| Tiszavárkony \| Tiszaigar \| Tiszainoka \| Tiszajenő \| Tiszakürt \| Tiszaörs \| Tiszapüspöki \| Tiszaroff \| Tiszasas \| Tiszaszentimre \| Tiszaszőlős \| Tiszatenyő \| Tomajmonostora \| Tószeg \| Vezseny \| Zagyvarékas
	See also: Counties of Hungary