[5] After Nikolay Karamzin, Ludza was first mentioned as Лючин in Hypatian Codex dating back to 1173 or 1177.

In January 1626, during the Polish-Swedish War, Ludza was captured without a battle by Sweden due to the defeat of the forces of Polish-Lithuanian marshal Jan Stanisław Sapieha.

[8] In 1678, Commonwealth's Sejm appointed a special commission in Grodno that had to build Catholic churches in Latgale.

On July 1, 2009, due to the introduction of the new administrative division in Latvia it became the centre of Ludza Municipality.

Ludza is located on the main Riga - Moscow road, as a part of European route E22, and only 30 km away from the Latvian-Russian border.

[12] The children of Ludza may attend three pre-school educational institutions - "Rūķītis", "Pasaciņa" and "Namiņš".