Luduș (;
Hungarian: ''Marosludas'' or ''Ludas'';
Hungarian pronunciation: , German: ''Ludasch'') is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...
,
Romania
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in
Mureș County
Mureș County (, ro, Județul Mures, hu, Maros megye) is a county ('' județ'') of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș. The county was established in 1968, after the administrative ...
, 44 km south-west from the county's capital
Târgu Mureș
Târgu Mureș (, ; hu, Marosvásárhely ) is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the List of cities and towns in Romania, 16th largest Romanian city, with 134,290 inhabitants as of the 2011 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
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occupied the town. The
Jewish
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population is murdered during the
Luduș massacre
The Luduș massacre occurred in the village of Luduș ( hu, Marosludas), in the Kingdom of Romania. Between 5 and 13 September 1944, on the outskirts of the village, the Royal Hungarian Army occupied the village and, with the help of natives, shot ...
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
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*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditional ...
, 23.2% were
Hungarian, and 6.3% were
Roma
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.
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%)
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%)
Varga E. Árpád:Statistics on Ethnicity and Religious Affiliations of Transylvania, Census data, 1850–2002
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Notable people
*Dănuț Borbil
Dănuț Borbil (born February 18, 1973 in Luduș) is a professional Romanian armwrestler, the current national champion for the left arm, and vice-champion for the right arm. At he is the heaviest professional armwrestling participant from Romani ...
(born 1973), professional Romanian arm-wrestler
*Andreo Cseh
Andreo Cseh (born András Cseh; 12 September 1895, in Marosludas, Hungary – 9 March 1979, in the Hague, Netherlands) was a Hungarian/Dutch Roman Catholic priest and Esperantist known for inventing the Cseh method of Esperanto instruction.
Bi ...
(1895–1979), Hungarian/Dutch Roman Catholic priest
*Cornel Gheți
Cornel Gheți (born 23 June 1986) is a Romanian former footballer.
Honours
Club
;Milsami Orhei
*Moldovan National Division: 2014–15
*Moldovan Cup: 2011-12
*Moldovan Super Cup: 2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: ...
(born 1986), Romanian footballer
*Ella Kovacs
Ella Kovacs (born 11 December 1964) is a retired Romanian middle-distance runner of Hungarian descent who specialized in the 800 metres. (born 1964), Romanian middle-distance runner
*Sergiu Mândrean
Sergiu Sebastian Mândrean (born 18 October 1978) is a Romanian former professional football player who played as a right back for teams such as Gloria Bistrița, Pandurii Târgu Jiu
The uprising of 1821 was a social and political rebellio ...
(born 1978), Romanian footballer
*Horațiu Pungea
Horațiu Eugen Pungea (born 18 February 1986) is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop for Lyon.
He started his career at CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca before moving to play for RC Timișoara in the Romanian Rugby Championship. In ...
(born 1986), Romanian rugby union player
*László Sepsi
László Sepsi (; born 7 June 1987) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a left back.
Club career
Early career
Born in Luduș of Hungarian descent, Sepsi made his professional debut with CS Gaz Metan Mediaș, making 24 ...
(born 1987), Romanian footballer
*Tara (von Neudorf)
Tara (von Neudorf) (born 1974 in Luduș, Transylvania) is a contemporary Romanian artist.
Life
He studied in the Faculty of Printmaking and then in the Faculty of Painting at the Art and Design University of Cluj-Napoca. Since 2005 he has been ...
(born 1974), Romanian artist
See also
* List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County)
This is a list of Hungarian names for towns and communes in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania.
{{DEFAULTSORT:List of Hungarian exonyms (Mures County)
Mures County
Hungarian exonyms in Mures
Hungarian
Hungarian
Exonyms
An endonym ...
Notes
External links
*
Luduş online
*
Datasheet of Ludus in Transylvanian Hungarian Database
*
Bánffy-Castle
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Towns in Romania
Populated places in Mureș County
Localities in Transylvania
Monotowns in Romania