Luduș

Luduș
Marosludas
Town
Roman Catholic church in Luduș
Roman Catholic church in Luduș
Coat of arms of Luduș
Coat of arms
Location in Mureș County
Location in Mureș County
Luduș is located in Romania
Luduș
Luduș
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°28′40″N 24°5′46″E / 46.47778°N 24.09611°E / 46.47778; 24.09611
CountryRomania
CountyMureș
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) Cristian Moldovan[1] (PSD)
Area
67 km2 (26 sq mi)
Elevation
274 m (899 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[2]
14,757
 • Density220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
545200
Area code(+40) 02 65
Vehicle reg.MS
Websitewww.ludus.ro

Luduș (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈluduʃ]; Hungarian: Marosludas or Ludas; Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒroʃludɒʃ], German: Ludasch) is a town in Transylvania, Romania in Mureș County, 44 km (27 mi) south-west from the county's capital, Târgu Mureș.

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

At the 2021 census, Luduș had a population of 14,757. At the 2011 census, 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; the ethnic composition of the town according to the 1850 census was: 1,065 (91.34%) Romanians and 34 (2.92%) Hungarians.[4] In 1910, the town had 4,632 inhabitants; the ethnic composition of the town according to the 1910 census was: 3,116 (67.27%) Hungarians and 1,385 (29.9%) Romanians.[5]

Demographic movement of the population according to the census data:

Notable people

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  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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