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This article is about the town. For people with the given name, see Elek (given name). For people with the surname, see Elek (surname). Town in Békés, Hungary

Elek
Town
Monument of the deported Germans
FlagCoat of arms
Elek
Coordinates: 46°31′41″N 21°14′49″E / 46.528°N 21.247°E / 46.528; 21.247
Country	Hungary
County	Békés
District	Gyula
Area
• Total	54.94 km (21.21 sq mi)
Population
• Total	4,816
• Density	101/km (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	5742
Area code	(+36) 66
Website	www.elek.hu

Elek (German: Renndorf, Romanian: Aletea) is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. Until the Second World War, the town was home to the largest concentration of Germans in the county, with its population consisting almost entirely of Swabians. Jews lived in the city as early as the 19th century and in 1944 many of them were murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust.

Geography

The town covers an area of 54.94 km (21.21 sq mi) and had a population of 5,567 in 2002.

History

1232 : First mentioned
1566-1696 : Ottoman rule (Ottoman wars in Europe)
1724 : settling of German colonists (predominantly from Franconia)
1739 : Bubonic plague
1894 : Artesian aquifer
1920 : Elek becomes border town (Treaty of Trianon)
1946 : Expulsion of German inhabitants
1996 : Elek gains town status

Year	Population
1802	1,200
1835	2,500
1890	5,700
1930	8,400
1940	9,300
2000	5,500
2010	4,985
2019	4,816

Twin towns

Elek is twinned with:

Gerolzhofen, Germany (1990)
Alerheim, Germany (1992)
Leimen, Germany (1992)
Sebiș (Borossebes), Romania (1992)
Gerlingen, Germany
Laudenbach, Germany (1994)
Veľké Kapušany (Nagykapocs), Slovakia (1996)
Grăniceri (Ottlaka), Romania (1997)
Dumbrava (Igazfalva), Romania (2019)

References

"City (town) Elek: map, population, location". www.tiptopglobe.com. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
Documentation of the city's Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust
Hungarian Jewish census

External links

Official website in Hungarian

v t e Towns and villages of Gyula District
Towns (2)	Elek Gyula (district seat)
Large village (1)	Kétegyháza
Village (1)	Lőkösháza

v t e Békés County
City with county rights	Békéscsaba (county seat)
Towns	Battonya Békés Csorvás Dévaványa Elek Füzesgyarmat Gyomaendrőd Gyula Kondoros Körösladány Medgyesegyháza Mezőberény Mezőhegyes Mezőkovácsháza Orosháza Sarkad Szarvas Szeghalom Tótkomlós Vésztő Újkígyós
Large villages	Békésszentandrás Csabacsűd Doboz Dombegyház Gádoros Kevermes Kétegyháza Nagyszénás
Villages	Almáskamarás Biharugra Bucsa Békéssámson Bélmegyer Csabaszabadi Csanádapáca Csárdaszállás Dombiratos Ecsegfalva Gerendás Geszt Hunya Kamut Kardos Kardoskút Kaszaper Kertészsziget Kisdombegyház Kondoros Kunágota Kétsoprony Körösnagyharsány Köröstarcsa Körösújfalu Kötegyán Lőkösháza Magyarbánhegyes Magyardombegyház Medgyesbodzás Mezőgyán Murony Méhkerék Nagybánhegyes Nagykamarás Okány Pusztaföldvár Pusztaottlaka Sarkadkeresztúr Szabadkígyós Tarhos Telekgerendás Végegyháza Zsadány Örménykút Újszalonta
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46°32′N 21°15′E / 46.533°N 21.250°E / 46.533; 21.250

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