Place:Luduș, Mureș, Romania

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NameLuduș
Alt namesLuduş
Ludaschsource: Wikipedia
Ludușsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Marosludassource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Coordinates46.467°N 24.083°E
Located inMureș, Romania     (1968 - )
Also located inKis-Küküllő, Hungary     (1867 - 1920)
Siebenbürgen, Austria     (1750 - 1867)
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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).

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History

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  • 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.
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