Elek

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Elek
Town
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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 km2 (21.21 sq mi)
Population  (2012)
• Total	4,816
• Density	101/km2 (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.^[1]

Geography[]

The town covers an area of 54.94 km² (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, about half the population
• 1996 : Elek given town status

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[]

External links[]

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• Official website in Hungarian

Coordinates: 46°32′N 21°15′E / 46.533°N 21.250°E / 46.533; 21.250

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