Luduș (ˈluduʃ; Hungarian

Hungarian language

Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....

: Marosludas or Ludas, meaning "Goosey on the Maros

Mureș River

The Mureș is an approximately 761 km long river in Eastern Europe. It originates in the Hășmașu Mare Range in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, Romania, and joins the Tisza river at Szeged in southeastern Hungary....

"; Hungarian pronunciation: ’ m, German: Ludasch) is a town in central Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 in Mureș County

Mures County

Mureș is a county of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș.-Geography:The county has a total area of 6,714 km²....

, 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%)

Ethnic composition of the town (2002 census):

• Romanians (69.66%)
• Hungarians (25.22%)
• Roma (4.89%)

Demographic movement of the population according to the census data:

External links

Luduş online Datasheet of Ludus in Transylvanian Hungarian Database Bánffy-Castle

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