Luduș


Luduș 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, Cioarga, Ciurgău, Fundătura, Gheja, and Roșiori.
WWW ludus.ro

History

Demographics

In 1850, the town had 1,166 inhabitants; the ethnic composition of the town according to the 1850 census was: 1,065 Romanians and 34 Hungarians. In 1910, the town had 4,632 inhabitants; the ethnic composition of the town according to the 1910 census was: 3,116 Hungarians and 1,385 Romanians.
At the 2011 census, it had a population of 15,328; out of them, 65.9% were Romanians, 23.2% Hungarians, and 6.3% Roma. At the 2021 census, Luduș had a population of 14,757; of those, 63.69% were Romanians, 18.87% Hungarians, and 7.79% Roma.
Demographic movement of the population according to the census data:

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Notable people