Elek

Elek
Coat of arms
Country	Hungary
County	Békés
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	66

Elek (Template:Lang-ro) 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 has a population of 5567 people (2002).

History

• first mentioned 1232
• 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

Year Population 1802 1.200 1835 2.500 1890 5.700 1930 8.400 1940 9.300 2000 5.500

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Twin towns — Sister cities

Elek is twinned with:

• Alerheim, Germany (1992)
• Gerolzhofen, Germany (1990)
• Grăniceri, Romania (1997)
• Laudenbach, Germany (1994)
• Leimen, Germany (1992)
• Sebiş, Romania (1992)
• Veľké Kapušany, Slovakia (1996)