Luduș

Luduș Marosludas
—  Town  —
Roman Catholic Parish Church
Luduș Marosludas
Coordinates: 46°28′40″N 24°5′46″E / 46.47778°N 24.09611°E / 46.47778; 24.09611Coordinates: 46°28′40″N 24°5′46″E / 46.47778°N 24.09611°E / 46.47778; 24.09611
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).

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

1. ^ Varga E. Árpád:Statistics on Ethnicity and Religious Affiliations of Transylvania, Census data, 1850–2002 (Hungarian)
2. ^ 2002 census data

See also

• Mureș County
• List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureş County)

External links

• (Romanian) Luduş online
• (Hungarian) Datasheet of Ludus in Transylvanian Hungarian Database
• (English) (Hungarian) Bánffy-Castle