Elek
Town in Békés, Hungary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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).
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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 |
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