The oldest archeological finds from the Jászság, the area around Jászberény, originate from nomadic people of the stone-age and date back 16500 years B.C.

Excavations (2002) in Jászberény and Jásztelek aiming for traces of the hunter and gatherers of the mesolithic in the northern part of the Great Hungarian Plain by Róbert Kertész detected distinct indications of settlements.

[2] Traces from that time indicate that people actively planted common hazel thus establishing an early form of agriculture.

century, Eurasian Avars began to settle the Jász-region who in turn were pushed away around 895 by the immigrating Hungarians.

Their settlements ranged from the southern borders of the Mátra westward to the Gödöllő Hills (Hungarian Gödöllői-dombság), eastwards almost to the river Tisza and south to the modern-day Szolnok.

[5] In the 15th century, these two regions formed a castle-district with the center at Berény, which also became county-capital of the Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County until 1876.

They established a military post at Jászberény in the remains of the former Franciscan abbey and the 1472 erected church.

[8] The Teutonic Knights also took Jászberény as main seat and made it the official capital of the county Jászkun, consisting out of Jászság, Kiskunság and Nagykunság.

[5] 1745, the re-buy (redemption) was approved by Maria Theresa of Austria who also reestablished the county's privileges.

[5] The three-part region was divided up and parts were assigned to two new counties with the capitals of Jászberény and Jászápati.

(plastic products) and Szatmári Kft.. Jászkun Volán operates multiple routes of local buses, mostly between the city centre and the industrial district.