Luduș (Hungarian: Marosludas or Ludas; Hungarian pronunciation :, German: Ludasch) is a town in Transylvania, Romania in Mureș County, 44 km 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

Demographics

At the 2021 census, Luduș had a population of 14,757. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 15,328; out of them, 65.9% were Romanian, 23.2% were Hungarian, and 6.3% were Roma. 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. Demographic movement of the population according to the census data:

Notable people