Elec

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Basic data
State :	Hungary
Region :	Southern Great Plain
County :	Békés
District since 1.1.2013 :	Gyula
Coordinates :	46 ° 32 ' N , 21 ° 15' E Coordinates: 46 ° 32 '0 " N , 21 ° 15' 0" E
Area :	54.94 km²
Residents :	4,899 (Jan 1, 2011)
Population density :	89 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	(+36) 66
Postal code :	5742
KSH kódja:	32957
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Community type :	city
Mayor :	György Szelezsán (independent)
Postal address :	Gyulai út 2 ; 5742 Elek
Website :	www.elek.hu
	(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal )

Elek [ ˈɛlɛk ] (Romanian Aletea ) is a small Hungarian town in Békés County , Gyula County in southeast Hungary, near the border with Romania . Until the 1940s, Elek had a large German-speaking community. The Romanian-speaking community still exists today.

history

Elek was first mentioned in a document in 1232. Around 1566, Elek came under Ottoman rule, which lasted until 1696 (see Turkish Wars ). The population had been decimated by war and famine. And so from 1724 German farmers from Franconia were settled in Elek. 1735 Elek was looted by insurgents in 1739 raged in Elek the plague that killed 148 people victimized. With the drilling of a 270 m deep artesian well in 1894, the clean drinking water supply was ensured and the cholera, which repeatedly raged in the 19th century, was contained . During the First World War , Elek was a hospital location and temporarily took in around 3,000 refugees. After the war, Elek was temporarily under Romanian administration, but then became part of the now independent Hungary (see Treaty of Trianon ). In the spring of 1946, the German or German-born Eleker citizens were expelled (about half of the population).