Luduș
| Luduș Marosludas |
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Luduș
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Mureș County |
| Status | Town |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Florin Urcan (PDL) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 67 km2 (25.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 18,647 |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Romanians | 69.66% |
| • Hungarians | 25.22% |
| • Gypsies | 4.89% |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Website | http://www.ludus.ro |
Luduș (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈluduʃ]; Hungarian: Marosludas or Ludas, meaning "Goosey on the Maros"; Hungarian pronunciation: [’mɒroʃludɒʃ], German: Ludasch) is a town in central Romania in Mureș County, 44 km south-west from the county's capital Târgu Mureș.
Six villages are administered by the town: Avrămeşti (Eckentelep), Cioarga (Csorga), Ciurgău (Csorgó), Fundătura (Mezőalbisitelep or Belsőtelep), Gheja (Marosgezse) and Roșiori (Andrássytelep).
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History
- 1330 - First mentioned as Plehanus de Ludas.
- 1377 - Mentioned in a transaction between two Hungarian nobles.
- 1930 - 5,085 inhabitants.
- 1960 - Luduș became a town.
- 1966 - 11,794 inhabitants.
- 2002 - 18,667 inhabitants.
Demographics
In 1910, the town had 4632 inhabitants. Ethnic composition of the town according to the 1910 census:
- Hungarians:3,116 (67.27%)
- Romanians:1,385 (29.9%) [1]
Ethnic composition of the town (2002 census):[2]
- Romanians (69.66%)
- Hungarians (25.22%)
- Roma (4.89%)
Demographic movement of the population according to the census data:
Notes
See also
External links
- (Romanian) Luduş online
- (Hungarian) Datasheet of Ludus in Transylvanian Hungarian Database
- (English) (Hungarian) Bánffy-Castle