Elek

Elek

Elek

Town in Békés, Hungary

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]

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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Geography

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

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Twin towns

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References

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