Ardud ( hu, Erdőd,
Hungarian pronunciation: ; german: Erdeed) is a town situated in
Satu Mare County,
Transylvania,
Romania. It administers five villages: Ardud-Vii (), Baba Novac (), Gerăușa (), Mădăras () and Sărătura ().
History
It has a complex history, having in different periods been part the
Kingdom of Hungary,
Ottoman Empire,
Habsburg monarchy
The Habsburg monarchy (german: Habsburgermonarchie, ), also known as the Danubian monarchy (german: Donaumonarchie, ), or Habsburg Empire (german: Habsburgerreich, ), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities ...
and the
Kingdom of Romania.
In 1920 the town became part of Romania, under the
Treaty of Trianon that concluded
World War I. As a result of the
Second Vienna Award it became a part of
Hungary between 1940 and 1945. Since then it has been part of Romania.
Demographics
The 2011 census recorded a total population of 5,889. Of these, 59.2% were
Romanians, 18.6%
Hungarians, 16.1%
Roma
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** Roma Airport
** Roma Courthouse
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and 4.8%
Germans.
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/ref> In 2002, 41.7% were Romanian Orthodox, 32.7% Roman Catholic, 13.9% Greek-Catholic, 5.1% Pentecostal, 4.2% Reformed
Reform is beneficial change
Reform may also refer to:
Media
* ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang
* Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group
* ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine
*''Reforme'' ("Reforms"), initial name of the ...
and 2.3% Baptist.Romanian Government Department of Interethnic Relations
Notable residents
*
Sándor Petőfi to
Júlia Szendrey married in Ardud.
* Ardud is the hometown of
Hungarian archbishop,
cardinal
Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to:
Animals
* Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds
**''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae
**''Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the ...
and statesman
Tamás Bakócz.
International relations
Ardud is
twinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
*
Trevoux (1990)
*
La Martyre (1992)
*
Szakoly (2004)
*
Napkor
Napkor is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.
Geography
It covers an area of and has a population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, wh ...
(2005)
*
Velyki Berehy (2005)
References
Towns in Romania
Populated places in Satu Mare County
Erdődy family
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