Elek

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{{about|the town|people with the given name|Elek (given name)|people with the surname|Elek (surname)}}

{{Infobox settlement

|settlement_type = Town

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{HUN}}

|image_skyline=Elek monument deported Germans.jpg

|image_caption=Monument of the deported Germans

|image_shield =HUN Elek Címer.svg

|image_flag = Flag of Elek.svg

|coordinates = {{coord|46.528|21.247|region:HU|display=inline}}

|pushpin_map = Hungary

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|timezone=CET

|utc_offset=+1

|timezone_DST=CEST

|utc_offset_DST=+2

|official_name=Elek

|picture=

|subdivision_type1=County

|subdivision_name1=Békés

|subdivision_type2=District

|subdivision_name2=Gyula

|area_total_km2=54.94

|population_as_of=2012

|population_total=4816

|population_density_km2=auto

|postal_code_type=Postal code

|postal_code=5742

|area_code_type=Area code

|area_code=(+36) 66

|website={{URL|www.elek.hu}}

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Elek ({{Langx|de|Renndorf}}, {{Langx|ro|Aletea}}) is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tiptopglobe.com/city?n=Elek&p=5465|title=City (town) Elek: map, population, location|website=www.tiptopglobe.com|access-date=8 May 2017}} 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.[https://yvng.yadvashem.org/index.html?language=he&s_id=&s_lastName=&s_firstName=&s_place=Elek&s_dateOfBirth=&cluster=true Documentation of the city's Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust][https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/NEDA_nemzetisegi_Zsido_1840-1941/?pg=133&layout=s&query=Elek Hungarian Jewish census]