Elek, Békés County, Southern Great Plain Region, Hungary
🇭🇺 Elek is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. 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.
Geography The town covers an area of 54.94 km² (21.21 sq mi).
History • 1232: First mentioned • 1566-1696: Ottoman rule (Ottoman wars in Europe) • 1724: settling of German colonists (predominantly from Franconia) • 1739: Bubonic plague • 1894: Artesian aquifer • 1920: Elek becomes border town (Treaty of Trianon) • 1946: Expulsion of German inhabitants, about half the population • 1996: Elek given town status.
Budapest Time
Elek has a population of over 4,816 people. Elek also forms part of the wider Békés County which has a population of over 351,148 people. Elek is situated near Békéscsaba.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Elek has links with:
🇩🇪 Alerheim, Germany 🇷🇴 Dumbrava, Romania 🇷🇴 Făget, Romania 🇩🇪 Gerlingen, Germany 🇩🇪 Gerolzhofen, Germany 🇷🇴 Grăniceri, Romania 🇩🇪 Laudenbach, Germany 🇩🇪 Leimen, Germany 🇷🇴 Sebiș, Romania 🇸🇰 Veľké Kapušany, Slovak Republic🇨🇦 Sault Ste. Marie 46.518
🇭🇺 Nagykanizsa 46.517
🇨🇭 Bourg-en-Lavaux 46.5
🇫🇷 Les Sables-d'Olonne 46.496
🇨🇦 Greater Sudbury 46.49
Locations Near: Elek 21.247,46.528
🇭🇺 Békéscsaba 21.091,46.679 d: 20.6
🇭🇺 Békés 21.133,46.767 d: 27.9
🇭🇺 Orosháza 20.667,46.567 d: 44.6
🇷🇴 Timișoara 21.217,45.75 d: 86.5
🇷🇴 Oradea 21.917,47.067 d: 78.6
🇭🇺 Hódmezővásárhely 20.318,46.413 d: 72.2
🇭🇺 Szentes 20.258,46.651 d: 76.8
🇷🇸 Kikinda 20.464,45.833 d: 98
🇭🇺 Törökszentmiklós 20.417,47.183 d: 96.4
Antipodal to: Elek -158.753,-46.528
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16823
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16682.5
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16260.3
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16182.1
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12638.8
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12533.8
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12517.9
🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 12514.9