Elek

For people with the given name, see Elek (given name). For people with the surname, see Elek (surname).

Elek
Town
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Elek
Coordinates: 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 (Romanian: Aletea) is a town in Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.

Geography

It covers an area of 54.94 km² 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 : Plague
• 1894 : Artesian aquifer
• 1920 : Elek becomes border town Treaty of Trianon
• 1946 : Expulsion of German inhabitants
• 1996 : Elek given 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)
• Sebiş (Borossebes), Romania (1992)
• Gerlingen, Germany
• Laudenbach, Germany (1994)
• Veľké Kapušany (Nagykapocs), Slovakia (1996)
• Grăniceri (Ottlaka), Romania (1997)
• Dumbrava (Igazfalva), Romania (2019)

External links

• Official website in Hungarian