Ardud

Ardud Erdőd
—  Town  —
Location of Ardud
Country	Romania
County	Satu Mare County
Status	Town
Government
• Mayor	Duma Ovidiu Marius
Population (2002)
• Total	6,486
Etnicity
• Romanians	62%
• Hungarians	20%
• Gypsies	11%
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	http://www.ardud.ro/

Ardud (Hungarian: Erdőd, Hungarian pronunciation: [’ɛrdøːd]; German: Erdeed) is a town in north-western Romania, in Satu Mare County. It administers five villages: Ardud-Vii, Baba Novac, Gerăuşa, Mădăras and Sărătura.

History

It has a complex political history with periods of Ottoman rule, Habsburg Monarchy, Principality of Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary and Kingdom of Romania. After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, it became part of the Kingdom of Hungary within Austria-Hungary.

After break-up of Austria-Hungary in 1918/1920, the town became part of Romania. As a result of the Second Vienna Award it returned to Hungary between 1940 and 1945. Since then it has been part of Romania.

Demographics

The national census of 2002 recorded a total population of 6,486. Of these, 62.1% were Romanians, 20.1% Hungarians, 11.3% Roma and 6.3% Germans. 41.7% were Romanian Orthodox, 32.7% Roman Catholic, 13.9% Greek-Catholic, 5.1% Pentecostal, 4.2% Reformed and 2.3% Baptist.

Roman Catholic church in Ardud

Notable residents

Here got married Sándor Petőfi to Júlia Szendrey.^{[citation needed]}

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Romania

Twin towns — Sister cities

Ardud is twinned with:

• Trevoux (1990)
• La Martyre (1992)
• Szakoly (2004)
• Napkor (2005)
• Veliki Beregi (2005)