Luduş

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Luduş
Location of Luduş
Coordinates: 46°28′40″N 24°5′46″E / 46.47778, 24.09611
Country	Romania
County	Mureş County
Status	Town
Government
- Mayor	Ovidiu Dancu (Social Democratic Party)
Area
- Total	67 km² (25.9 sq mi)
Population (2004)
- Total	18,647
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website: http://www.ludus.ro/

Luduş (German: Ludasch, Hungarian: Marosludas) is a town in central Romania in the Mureş County. The town's hungarian name means "gooses at Maros". The german and romanian names derive from that.

Contents 1 History 2 Ethnic groups 3 Notes 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

• 1377 - First mention in a document (the Luduş estate is transactioned between two Hungarians nobles).
• 1930 - 5,085 inhabitants.
• 1960 - Luduş became a town.
• 1966 - 11,794 inhabitants.
• 2002 - 18,667 inhabitants.

[edit] Ethnic groups

Ethnic composition of the town (2002 census): ^[1]

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

[edit] Notes

[edit] See also

• Mureş County

[edit] External links

• (Romanian) Luduş online

v • d • e Municipalities and Towns of Mureş County (alphabetical order by locality) Iernut • Luduş • Miercurea Nirajului • Reghin • Sângeorgiu de Pădure • Sărmaşu • Sighişoara • Sovata • Târgu Mureş • Târnăveni • Ungheni