Luduș (; Hungarian: Marosludas or Ludas; <small>Hungarian pronunciation</small>: , German: Ludasch) is a town in Transylvania, Romania in Mureș County, 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 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

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  • 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 (born 1964), Romanian middle-distance runner
  • Sergiu Mândrean (born 1978), Romanian footballer
  • Horațiu Pungea (born 1986), Romanian rugby union player
  • László Sepsi (born 1987), Romanian footballer
  • Tara (von Neudorf) (born 1974), Romanian artist

See also

  • List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County)

Notes

  • Luduș online
  • Datasheet of Luduș in Transylvanian Hungarian Database
  • Bánffy Castle