Luduș (; Hungarian: ''Marosludas'' or ''Ludas''; Hungarian pronunciation: , German: ''Ludasch'') is a
town
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in
Transylvania
Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...
,
Romania
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in
Mureș County
Mureș County (, , ) is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in the Historical regions of Romania, historical region of Transylvania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș. The county was established in 1968, after the administrative reor ...
, south-west from the county's capital,
Târgu Mureș
Târgu Mureș (, ; ; German language, German: ''Neumarkt am Mieresch'') 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 city in Romania, with 116,033 ...
.
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 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
Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...
, 23.2%
Hungarians
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Institutul Național de Statistică
The National Institute of Statistics (, INS) is a Romanian government agency which is responsible for collecting national statistics, in fields such as geography, the economy, demographics and society. The institute is also responsible for conduct ...
, accessed 3 March 2020. At the 2021 census, Luduș had a population of 14,757; of those, 63.69% were Romanians, 18.87% Hungarians, and 7.79% Roma.
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Notable people
* Dănuț Borbil (born 1973), professional Romanian arm-wrestler
* Andreo Cseh (1895–1979), Hungarian/Dutch Roman Catholic priest
* Cornel Gheți (born 1986), Romanian footballer
* Pompeiu Hărășteanu (1935–2016), Romanian operatic bass/basso profondo
*
Ella Kovacs
Ella Kovacs (born 11 December 1964) is a retired Romanian middle-distance runner of Hungary, Hungarian descent who specialized in the 800 metres.Sergiu Mândrean (born 1978), Romanian footballer
* Horațiu Pungea (born 1986), Romanian rugby union player
*
László Sepsi
László Sepsi (; born 7 June 1987) is a Romanian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left back.
Club career Gaz Metan Mediaș / Rennes
Sepsi was born on 7 June 1987 i ...
(born 1987), Romanian footballer
* Tara (von Neudorf) (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.
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Mures County
Hungarian exonyms in Mures
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