Luduș

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countyMureș
official_nameLuduș
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image_skylineRoman Catholic church in Marosludas.jpg
image_captionRoman Catholic church in Luduș
image_mapLudus jud Mures.png
map_captionLocation in Mureș County
leader_nameCristian Moldovan
leader_term2024–2028
leader_partyPSD
coordinates
elevation274
area_total67
population_totalauto
postal_code545200
area_code(+40) 02 65
website
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Luduș (; Hungarian: Marosludas or Ludas; Hungarian pronunciation: , German: Ludasch) is a town in Transylvania, Romania in Mureș County, 44 km 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

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. 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.

At the 2011 census, it had a population of 15,328; out of them, 65.9% were Romanians, 23.2% Hungarians, and 6.3% Roma. At the 2021 census, Luduș had a population of 14,757; of those, 63.69% were Romanians, 18.87% Hungarians, and 7.79% Roma.

Demographic movement of the population according to the census data:

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Notable people

Notes

References

  1. "Results of the 2024 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau.
  2. [http://www.kia.hu/konyvtar/erdely/erd2002.htm Varga E. Árpád:Statistics on Ethnicity and Religious Affiliations of Transylvania, Census data, 1850–2002 {{in lang. hu]
  3. [http://www.kia.hu/konyvtar/erdely/erd2002.htm Varga E. Árpád:Statistics on Ethnicity and Religious Affiliations of Transylvania, Census data, 1850–2002 {{in lang. hu]
  4. [http://www.recensamantromania.ro/rezultate-2/ Tab8. Populația stabilă după etnie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune], 2011 census results, [[National Institute of Statistics (Romania). Institutul Național de Statistică]], accessed 3 March 2020.
  5. (31 May 2023). "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021". [[National Institute of Statistics (Romania).

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