Coordinates: 43°45′N 26°0′E / 43.75°N 26°E / 43.75; 26
Ruse Province (Bulgarian: Област Русе 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 8 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 249,144 inhabitants.[2][3][4]
The Danube Bridge, the only bridge over the Danube in Bulgaria as of 2010[update], 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.
[edit] Municipalities
Municipalities within Ruse Province with their administrative centres
The Ruse province (oбласт, oblast) contains eight municipalities (Bulgarian: singular: oбщина, obshtina - plural: oбщини, 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.
| Municipality |
Cyrillic |
Pop.[2][3][4] |
Town/Village |
Pop.[5][3][6] |
| Borovo |
Борово |
6,699 |
Borovo |
2,330 |
| Byala |
Бяла |
14,962 |
Byala |
9,015 |
| Vetovo |
Ветово |
13,738 |
Vetovo |
4,777 |
| Dve Mogili |
Две могили |
10,341 |
Dve Mogili |
4,342 |
| Ivanovo |
Иваново |
10,339 |
Ivanovo |
880 |
| Ruse |
Русе |
175,210 |
Ruse |
156,509 |
| Slivo Pole |
Сливо поле |
11,635 |
Slivo Pole |
3,169 |
| Tsenovo |
Ценово |
6,220 |
Tsenovo |
1,673 |
[edit] Demography
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.[7] As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 249,144[2] of which 25.8% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.[8]
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:
| Ruse Province |
| Year |
1946 |
1956 |
1965 |
1975 |
1985 |
1992 |
2001 |
2005 |
2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
| Population |
215,361 |
236,117 |
273,226 |
305,722 |
315,762 |
290,800 |
266,213 |
256,835 |
253,008 |
249,144 |
235,252 |
| Sources: National Statistical Institute,[2] „Census 2001“,[3] „Census 2011“,[4] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,?? |
[edit] Religion
Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:[9]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ (English) Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91
- ^ a b c d e (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
- ^ a b c d (English) „WorldCityPopulation“
- ^ a b c „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
- ^ „pop-stat.mashke.org“
- ^ (Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
- ^ (English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009
- ^ (Bulgarian) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001
[edit] External links
Romania
Ruse Province 
