Miercurea Nirajului



Miercurea Nirajului (Former name: Ludoșul de Mureș; Marosludas; Gansdorf, Ludasch) is a town in Mureș County, central Transylvania, Romania. It administers seven villages: Beu, Dumitrești,              Lăureni, Moșuni, Șardu Nirajului, Tâmpa and               Veța.

It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.

History
It formed part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province.

Its first written mention is from 1493 as Oppidum Zereda. István Bocskay was elected here for prince of Transylvania in 1604.

Until 1918, the town belonged to the Maros-Torda County of the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania.

Demographics
The commune has a Székely Hungarian majority. According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 5,554 of which 83.3% are Hungarian, 10.4% Romanians and 6.3% Roma.

Demographics
In 1910, the town had 4632 inhabitants. Ethnic composition of the town according to the 1910 census:
 * Hungarians:3,116 (67.27%)
 * Romanians:1,385 (29.9%)

14,775 inhabitants. Ethnic composition of the town (2011 census):
 * Romanians (68.75%)
 * Hungarians (24.1%)
 * Gypsies (6.54%)

Demographic movement of the population according to the census data: