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 | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location in Mureș County | |
Luduș Location in Romania | |
Coordinates: 46°28′40″N 24°5′46″E | |
Country | |
County | Mureș |
Government | |
• Mayor | Cristian Moldovan[1] (PSD) |
Area | 67 km2 (26 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | 15,328 |
• Density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) |
Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
Vehicle reg. | MS |
Website | www |
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:
Notes
- "Results of the 2016 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- Tab8. Populaţia stabilă după etnie – judeţe, municipii, oraşe, comune, 2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică, accessed 3 March 2020.
- Varga E. Árpád:Statistics on Ethnicity and Religious Affiliations of Transylvania, Census data, 1850–2002 (in Hungarian)
- Varga E. Árpád:Statistics on Ethnicity and Religious Affiliations of Transylvania, Census data, 1850–2002 (in Hungarian)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luduș. |
- (in Romanian) Luduş online
- (in Hungarian) Datasheet of Ludus in Transylvanian Hungarian Database
- (in English and Hungarian) Bánffy-Castle