Ruse Municipality
Encyclopedia
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 469.17 km² 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 only bridge over the Danube in Bulgaria as of 2011.
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
.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
(obshtina) in Ruse Province
Ruse Province
Ruse Province 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 December 2009, of 249,144 inhabitants....
, Central-North Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain
Danubian Plain (Bulgaria)
The Danubian Plain constitutes the northern part of Bulgaria, situated north of the Balkan Mountains and south of the Danube. Its western border is the Timok River and to the east it borders the Black Sea. The plain has an area of . It is about long and wide.The relief of the Danubian Plain is...
. 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 469.17 km² 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 only bridge over the Danube in Bulgaria as of 2011.
The main roads E85
European route E85
European route E 85 is part of the International E-road network, which is a series of main roads in Europe.The E 85 starts from Klaipėda runs south through Belarus, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria to Greece, ending at Alexandroupolis....
, E70
European route E70
European route E 70 is an A-Class West-East European route, extending from A Coruña in Spain in the west to the Georgian city of Poti in the east.-Itinerary:...
and II-21 crosses the municipality, connecting the province centre of Ruse with the cities of Veliko Tarnovo
Veliko Tarnovo
Veliko Tarnovo is a city in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. Often referred to as the "City of the Tsars", Veliko Tarnovo is located on the Yantra River and is famous as the historical capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, attracting many tourists...
, Pleven
Pleven
Pleven is the seventh most populous city in Bulgaria. Located in the northern part of the country, it is the administrative centre of Pleven Province, as well as of the subordinate Pleven municipality...
, Razgrad
Razgrad
Razgrad is a city in northeastern Bulgaria, administrative and industrial centre of the homonymous Razgrad Province. As of February 2011, it has a population of 33,238 inhabitants.-History:...
and Silistra
Silistra
Silistra is a port city of northeastern Bulgaria, lying on the southern bank of the lower Danube at the country's border with Romania. Silistra is the administrative centre of Silistra Province and one of the important cities of the historical region of Southern Dobrudzha...
.
Settlements
Ruse Municipality includes the following 14 places (towns are shown in bold):| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (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 Marten, Bulgaria Marten is a town in the northern part of Bulgaria. It is located in Ruse Province.- Geography :The town is located on the right bank of the Danube... |
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.See also
- Provinces of BulgariaProvinces of BulgariaSince 1999, Bulgaria has been divided into 28 provinces which correspond approximately to the 28 districts that existed before 1987. In 1987, during the Communist regime of Todor Zhivkov, the districts were consolidated into nine larger provinces , which survived until 1999.Each province is named...
- Municipalities of BulgariaMunicipalities of BulgariaThe 28 provinces of Bulgaria are divided into 264 municipalities .-Blagoevgrad Province:# Bansko Municipality # Belitsa Municipality # Blagoevgrad Municipality...
- List of cities and towns in Bulgaria