Luduș

Luduș (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈluduʃ]; Hungarian: Marosludas or Ludas; Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒroʃludɒʃ], German: Ludasch) is a town in Transylvania, Romania in Mureș County, 44 km south-west from the county's capital Târgu Mureș.

Luduș

Marosludas
Town
Coat of arms
Location in Mureș County
Luduș
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°28′40″N 24°5′46″E
Country Romania
CountyMureș
Government
 • MayorCristian Moldovan[1] (PSD)
Area
67 km2 (26 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
15,328
 • Density230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.MS
Websitewww.ludus.ro

Six villages are administered by the town: Avrămești (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.
  • 1940 to 1944, Hungarians occupied the town. The Jewish population is murdered during the Luduș massacre from 5 to 13 September 1944.
  • 1960 - Luduș became a town.
  • 1966 - 11,794 inhabitants.
  • 2002 - 17,497 inhabitants.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 15,328; out of them, 65.9% were Romanian, 23.2% were Hungarian, and 6.3% were Roma.[3]

In 1850, the town had 1,166 inhabitants. Ethnic composition of the town according to the 1850 census:

  • Romanians: 1,065 (91.34%)
  • Hungarians: 34 (2.92%) [4]

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%) [5]

Demographic movement of the population according to the census data:

See also

Notes
  1. "Results of the 2016 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune, 2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică, accessed 3 March 2020.
  4. Varga E. Árpád:Statistics on Ethnicity and Religious Affiliations of Transylvania, Census data, 1850–2002 (in Hungarian)
  5. Varga E. Árpád:Statistics on Ethnicity and Religious Affiliations of Transylvania, Census data, 1850–2002 (in Hungarian)
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