Misplaced Pages

Ruse Province Област Русе
Province
View of Cherven Fortress
Flag
Location of Ruse Province in Bulgaria
Country	Bulgaria
Capital	Ruse
Municipalities	8
Government
• Governor	Stefko Burdzhiev
Area
• Total	2,803.4 km (1,082.4 sq mi)
Population
• Total	189,623
• Density	68/km (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
License plate	P
Website	ruse.bg

Ruse Province (Bulgarian: Област Русе, romanized: Oblast Ruse), or Rusenska Oblast (Bulgarian: Русенска област, former name Ruse okrug) is a province in northern Bulgaria, named after its main city, Ruse, neighbouring Romania via the Danube. It is divided into eight municipalities with a total population, as of February 2011, of 235,252 inhabitants.

The Danube Bridge, one of only two bridges opened over the Danube, is located in the province. One of the versions of a folk song, inspired by the Ruse blood wedding, can be heard in the province.

Municipalities

The Ruse province (област, oblast) contains eight municipalities (община, obshtina; plural общини, obshtini). The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population of each as of December 2009.

Demographics

The Ruse province had a population of 266,213 (266,157 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female.

As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 249,144 of which 25.8% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.

Ethnic groups

Total population (2011 census): 235 252

Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 216,612 persons:

• Bulgarians: 176,413 (81,44%)
• Turks: 28,658 (13,23%)
• Romani: 8,615 (3,98%)
• Others and indefinable: 2,926 (1,35%)

Ethnic groups according to the 2001 census, when 266,157 people of the population of 266,213 of Rousse Province identified themselves (with percentage of total population):

• Bulgarians: 213,408
• Turks: 37,050
• Romani: 9,703

Religion

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:

See also

• Provinces of Bulgaria
• List of villages in Rousse Province

References

1. (in English) Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 Archived 2011-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
3. ^ (in English) „WorldCityPopulation“
4. ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
5. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
6. „pop-stat.mashke.org“
7. "Divisions of Bulgaria". 2024-04-03.
8. (in Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
9. (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
10. (in Bulgarian) Population on 01.02.2011 by provinces, municipalities, settlements and age; National Statistical Institute
11. Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (in Bulgarian)
12. (in Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
13. (in Bulgarian) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001

External links

• Ruse Province
• Ruse municipality
• Guide Bulgaria - Rousse District
• Information about the Ruse region

v t e Provinces of Bulgaria
	Blagoevgrad Burgas Dobrich Gabrovo Haskovo Kardzhali Kyustendil Lovech Montana Pazardzhik Pernik Pleven Plovdiv Razgrad Ruse Shumen Silistra Sliven Smolyan Sofia City Province Sofia Province Stara Zagora Targovishte Varna Veliko Tarnovo Vidin Vratsa Yambol
Etymological list of provinces of Bulgaria

• Ruse Province
• Provinces of Bulgaria