Ruse Municipality () is a municipality (obshtina) 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. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 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 (towns are shown in bold): Town/Village Cyrillic Population Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants - December 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009(December 2009) 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
Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Ruse Municipality has comprised the former municipality of Novo Selo and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
Religion According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
External links Official website