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Elek

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

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Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.settlement_type: Town
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_skyline: Elek monument deported Germans.jpg
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_caption: Monument of the deported Germans
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_shield: HUN Elek Címer.svg
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_flag: Flag of Elek.svg
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.pushpin_map: Hungary
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.timezone: CET
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.utc_offset: +1
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.timezone_DST: CEST
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.utc_offset_DST: +2
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.official_name: Elek
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type1: County
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name1: Békés
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_name2: Gyula
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.area_total_km2: 54.94
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.population_as_of: 2012