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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).

Elek (German: Renndorf, Romanian: Aletea) is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.[1] 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.[2][3]

Geography

The town covers an area of 54.94 km2 (21.21 sq mi) and had a population of 5,567 in 2002.

History

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:

References

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

External links

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


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