Ludres

Commune in Grand Est, France

Location of Ludres

(2020–2026) Pierre Boileau^[1]Area

8.18 km² (3.16 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

6,081 • Density740/km² (1,900/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

54328 /54710

Elevation237–420 m (778–1,378 ft)
(avg. 259 m or 850 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ludres (French pronunciation: [lydʁ]) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in north-eastern France.

The inhabitants are called Ludréens. In the past, inhabitants of Ludres were known by their neighbours as rôtisseurs ("roast meat sellers"), having once turned out en masse to watch their adulterous priest burned at the stake.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,239	—
1975	1,582	+3.55%
1982	5,376	+19.09%
1990	6,236	+1.87%
1999	6,821	+1.00%
2007	6,680	−0.26%
2012	6,519	−0.49%
2017	6,216	−0.95%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Twin towns

Ludres is twinned with:

Furth im Wald, Germany
Furth bei Göttweig, Austria
Domažlice, Czech Republic

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Graham Robb, The Discovery of France, p36, Picador (2007), ISBN 978-0-330-42761-6, citing Vital Collet "Sobriquets caractérisant les habitants de villages lorrains" in Le Pays lorrain, Nancy (1908), pp442-449 and Henri-Adolphe Labourasse, "Anciens us, coutumes, légendes, supersititions, préjugés, etc. du département de la Meuse" in Mémoires de la Société des lettres, sciences et art de Bar-le-Duc, 1902, pp3-225
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE