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Luduș

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Country
  
Romania

Status
  
Town

Website
  
http://www.ludus.ro

Population
  
18,647 (2004)

County
  
Mureș County

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Area
  
67 km²

Local time
  
Tuesday 7:24 PM

Luduș

Weather
  
8°C, Wind N at 10 km/h, 57% Humidity

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

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Map of Ludu%C8%99 545200, Romania

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 spring 1944 ((Romanian) Luduș Massacre).
  • 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%)

    • 14,775 inhabitants. Ethnic composition of the town (2011 census):

  • Romanians (68.75%)
  • Hungarians (24.1%)
  • Roma (6.54%)

    • Demographic movement of the population according to the census data:

    References

    Luduș Wikipedia
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