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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pilu and Șiclău.
Pilu
Village
Photo: Tothh417, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pilu is a commune in Arad County, Romania, is situated on the Criș Plateau, in the north-western part of the county, at the western border of Romania. The commune stretches over 7,640 ha and is composed of two villages, Pilu and Vărșand. Pilu is situated 9 km northeast of Elek.
Șiclău
Village
Photo: Gulyastorm, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Șiclău is a village, which is situated 10 km southeast of Elek.
Elek
- Type: Town with 4,270 residents
- Description: town in Hungary
- Categories: town in Hungary and locality
- Location: Békés County, Southern Great Plain, Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.52943° or 46° 31′ 46″ northLongitude
21.25261° or 21° 15′ 9″ eastPopulation
4,270Elevation
93 metres (305 feet)United Nations Location Code
HU ELKOpen location code
8GR3G7H3+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
node 286995507OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Elek” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Elek”
- Chinese: “Elek”
- Chinese: “埃莱克”
- Chinese: “埃萊克”
- Czech: “Elek”
- Dutch: “Elek”
- Esperanto: “Elek”
- Estonian: “Elek”
- French: “Elek”
- German: “Elek”
- German: “Renndorf”
- Hebrew: “אלק”
- Hungarian: “Elek”
- Irish: “Elek”
- Italian: “Elek”
- Lombard: “Elek”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Elek”
- Malay: “Elek”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Elek”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elek”
- Polish: “Elek”
- Portuguese: “Elek”
- Romanian: “Aletea”
- Romanian: “Elek”
- Russian: “Элек”
- Serbian: “Елек”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Elek”
- Silesian: “Elek”
- Slovak: “Elek”
- Slovenian: “Elek”
- Spanish: “Elek”
- Swedish: “Elek”
- Turkish: “Elek”
- Ukrainian: “Елек”
- Vietnamese: “Elek”
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