Ruse Province

43°45′N 26°0′E / 43.750°N 26.000°E / 43.750; 26.000

Ruse Province
Област Русе
Province
Location of Ruse Province in Bulgaria
Location of Ruse Province in Bulgaria
CountryBulgaria
CapitalRuse
Municipalities8
Area
 • Total2,803.4 km2 (1,082.4 sq mi)
Population
 (February 2011)
 • Total235,252
 • Density84/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
License plateP
Websiteruse.bg

Ruse Province is a province in Bulgaria. The capital city is also named Ruse.

The Danube Bridge, one of only two bridges opened over the Danube, is in the province.

Municipalities

The Ruse province has eight municipalities. The following table shows the names of each municipality, the main town (in bold) or village, and the population of each as of December 2009.

Municipality Pop. Town/Village Pop.
Borovo 6,699 Borovo 2,330
Byala 14,962 Byala 9,015
Vetovo 13,738 Vetovo 4,777
Dve Mogili 10,341 Dve Mogili 4,342
Ivanovo 10,339 Ivanovo 880
Ruse 175,210 Ruse 156,509
Slivo Pole 11,635 Slivo Pole 3,169
Tsenovo 6,220 Tsenovo 1,673

References

  1. ↑ (in English) Bulgarian Provinces area and population 1999 — National Center for Regional Development — page 90-91 Archived 2011-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  3. ↑ (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009 Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "„pop-stat.mashke.org"". Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2020-04-02.