Luduş

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Luduş
Location of Luduş
County Mureş County
Status Town
Mayor Ovidiu Dancu, Social Democratic Party, since 2004
Area 67 km²
Population (2004) 18,647
Density 278 inh/km²
Geographical coordinates 46°28′40″N, 24°5′46″E
Web site http://www.ludus.ro/; http://www.ludusonline.net/

Luduş (German: Ludasch, Hungarian: Marosludas) is a town in central Romania in the Mureş County, 44 km south-west from the county's capital Târgu Mureş.

[edit] History

  • 1377 - First mention in a document (the Luduş estate is transactioned between two Hungarians nobles).
  • 1930 - 5,085 inhabitants.
  • 1960 - Luduş became a town.
  • 1966 - 11,794 inhabitants.
  • 2002 - 18,667 inhabitants.

[edit] External links

  • (Romanian) [1]
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