Berettyóújfalu is a town in Hajdú-Bihar county, in center of the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary, near the border with Romania.

A lot of artifacts from the late Bronze Age were found in the town area.

In the Iron Age, Scythians, Sarmatians, Celts and Huns conquered this area one after another.

The bricks were offered to the base structure of the Reformed Church's organ.

In 1481 Matthias Corvinus (King of Hungary) donated right to hold markets for the settlement.

Herpály lamentable chronicle began in 1658, when Crimean Tatars burned the Berettyó-valley.

The settlements was not completely destroyed, but Invasion Szejdi in 1660 certainly dispels the residents here.

The catchment area is still large, the town is an important transport, economic and cultural center.

There are five elementary and three high schools, a mill, a reconditioned spa, a regional hospital and major medical centers.