Luduș 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

• 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.