Elek

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

Elek () 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 settlers
 1996 : ELEK Stadt

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)

References

External links

  in Hungarian

Category:Populated places in Békés County

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