Ruse Municipality
Ruse Municipality is a municipality in Ruse Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the city of Ruse which is also a capital of the province.
The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 175,210 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
Apart from the cultural heritage of the main city, the area is best known with the Danube Bridge, the first bridge over the Danube in Bulgaria.
The main roads E85, E70 and II-21 crosses the municipality, connecting the province centre of Ruse with the cities of Veliko Tarnovo, Pleven, Razgrad and Silistra.
Settlements
Ruse Municipality includes the following 14 places :| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population |
| Ruse | Русе | 156,509 |
| Basarabovo | Басарбово | 1,349 |
| Bazan | Бъзън | 1,221 |
| Chervena Voda | Червена вода | 1,529 |
| Dolno Ablanovo | Долно Абланово | 214 |
| Hotantsa | Хотанца | 823 |
| Marten | Мартен | 3,691 |
| Nikolovo | Николово | 3,004 |
| Novo Selo | Ново село | 1,176 |
| Prosena | Просена | 634 |
| Sandrovo | Сандрово | 1,308 |
| Semerdzhievo | Семерджиево | 1,132 |
| Tetovo | Тетово | 2,303 |
| Yastrebovo | Ястребово | 317 |
| Total | 175,210 |