Ruse Province
Област Русе
Province
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View of Cherven Fortress
Flag of Ruse Province
Flag
Location of Ruse Province in Bulgaria
Location of Ruse Province in Bulgaria
CountryBulgaria
CapitalRuse
Municipalities8
Government
 • GovernorStefko Burdzhiev
Area
[1]
 • Total2,803.4 km2 (1,082.4 sq mi)
Population
 (December 2022)[2]
 • Total189,623
 • Density68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
License plateP
Websiteruse.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 8 municipalities with a total population, as of February 2011, of 235,252 inhabitants.[2][3][4]

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.

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

Demographics

Ruse Freedom Monument

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“,??

Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups in Rousse Province (2011 census)
Ethnic group Percentage
Bulgarians
 
 81.4%
Turks
 
 13.2%
Romani
 
 4.0%
others and indefinable
 
 1.4%

Total population (2011 census): 235 252[9]

Ethnic groups (2011 census):[10] 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):[11]

Religion

Religions in Rousse Province (2001 census)
Religious group Percentage
Orthodox Christian
 
 80.9%
Muslim
 
 15.8%
Roman Catholic Christian
 
 0.2%
Protestant Christian
 
 0.2%
others and indefinable
 
 2.9%

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:[12]

Census 2001
religious adherence population  %
Orthodox Christians 215,434 80.94%
Muslims 41,997 15.78%
Roman Catholics 567 0.21%
Protestants 482 0.18%
Other 1,596 0.60%
Religion not mentioned 6,081 2.29%
total 266,157 100%

See also

References

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