Ruse Province


Ruse Province, or Rusenska Oblast 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 contains eight municipalities. The following table shows the names of each municipality in English and Cyrillic, the main town or village, and the population of each as of December 2009.
MunicipalityCyrillicPop.Town/VillagePop.
BorovoБорово6,699Borovo2,330
ByalaБяла14,962Byala9,015
VetovoВетово13,738Vetovo4,777
Dve MogiliДве могили10,341Dve Mogili4,342
IvanovoИваново10,339Ivanovo880
RuseРусе175,210Ruse156,509
Slivo PoleСливо поле11,635Slivo Pole3,169
TsenovoЦеново6,220Tsenovo1,673

Demographics

The Ruse province had a population of 266,213 according to a 2001 census, of which were male and 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 are inhabitants aged over 60 years.

Ethnic groups

Total population : 235 252
Ethnic groups :
Identified themselves: 216,612 persons:
  • Bulgarians: 176,413
  • Turks: 28,658
  • Romani: 8,615
  • Others and indefinable: 2,926
Ethnic groups according to the 2001 census, when 266,157 people of the population of 266,213 of Rousse Province identified themselves :
  • Bulgarians: 213,408
  • Turks: 37,050
  • Romani: 9,703

    Religion

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census: