Luduș
| Luduș Marosludas | ||
|---|---|---|
| Town | ||
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Roman Catholic Parish Church | ||
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  Luduș | ||
| Coordinates: 46°28′40″N 24°5′46″E / 46.47778°N 24.09611°ECoordinates: 46°28′40″N 24°5′46″E / 46.47778°N 24.09611°E | ||
| Country |
 Romania | |
| County | Mureș County | |
| Status | Town | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Cristian Moldovan (PNL) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 67 km2 (26 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; Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒroʃludɒʃ], 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).
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]
14,775 inhabitants. Ethnic composition of the town (2011 census):[2]
- Romanians (68.75%)
- Hungarians (24.1%)
- Roma (6.54%)
Demographic movement of the population according to the census data:
Notes
See also
- Mureș County
- List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureş County)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luduș. |
- (Romanian) Luduş online
- (Hungarian) Datasheet of Ludus in Transylvanian Hungarian Database
- (English) (Hungarian) Bánffy-Castle
