Elek

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Country Hungary Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 54.94 km² Population 4,816 (2012)		County Békés Postal code 5742 Local time Wednesday 11:26 PM Area code 66

Weather 6°C, Wind N at 13 km/h, 85% Humidity

Elek (Romanian: Aletea) is a town in Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.

Map of Elek, 5742 Hungary

It covers an area of 54.94 km² and has a population of 5567 people (2002).

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

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)

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