Ruse Province is a province

Provinces of Bulgaria

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 in northern Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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, named after its main city - Ruse, neighbouring Romania

Romania

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 via the Danube

Danube

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. It is divided into 8 municipalities with a total population, as of December 2009, of 249,144 inhabitants.

The Danube Bridge, the only bridge over the Danube in Bulgaria , 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 (oбласт, oblast) contains eight municipalities . 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.	Town/Village	Pop.
Borovo Borovo Municipality, Bulgaria Borovo Municipality is a small municipality in Ruse Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain...	Борово	6,699	Borovo Borovo, Bulgaria Borovo is a town in Ruse Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Borovo Municipality. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 2,330 inhabitants....	2,330
Byala Byala Municipality, Ruse Province Byala Municipality is a municipality in Ruse Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain about 20 km southeast of Danube river...	Бяла	14,962	Byala Byala, Rousse Province Byala is a town in Ruse Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Byala Municipality. The town is located on the crossroad between roads that connect Ruse with Veliko Tarnovo and Pleven with Varna. Close to it is the town of Borovo. The noted Belenski most ...	9,015
Vetovo Vetovo Municipality Vetovo Municipality is a municipality in Ruse Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the western parts of Ludogorie geographical region, part of the Danubian Plain...	Ветово	13,738	Vetovo Vetovo Vetovo is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Ruse Province. It is the administrative centre of Vetovo Municipality, which lies in the eastern part of the area, and ranks third in population in the province after Ruse and Byala. The town is located 40 kilometres away from the provincial...	4,777
Dve Mogili Dve Mogili Municipality Dve Mogili Municipality is a municipality in Ruse Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located in the Danubian Plain, about 15 km southeast of Danube river...	Две могили	10,341	Dve Mogili Dve Mogili Dve Mogili is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Ruse Province. It is the administrative centre of Dve Mogili Municipality, which lies in the western part of the area. Dve Mogili is located 32 kilometres away from the provincial capital of Ruse...	4,342
Ivanovo Ivanovo Municipality Ivanovo Municipality is a municipality in Ruse Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain...	Иваново	10,339	Ivanovo Ivanovo, Rousse Province Ivanovo is a village in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Rousse Province. It is the administrative centre of Ivanovo Municipality, which lies in the central part of Rousse Province....	880
Ruse 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...	Русе	175,210	Ruse	156,509
Slivo Pole Slivo Pole Municipality Slivo Pole Municipality is a municipality in Ruse Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain...	Сливо поле	11,635	Slivo Pole Slivo Pole Slivo Pole is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Rousse Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Slivo Pole Municipality, which lies in the northeastern part of the Province. The town is located five kilometres from the Danube, along the main road from Rousse to Silistra...	3,169
Tsenovo Tsenovo Municipality Tsenovo Municipality is a small municipality in Ruse Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located along the right bank of Danube river in the Danubian Plain where Yantra river flows into the Danube...	Ценово	6,220	Tsenovo	1,673

Demography

The Ruse province had a population

Population

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 of 266,213 (266,157 also given) according to a 2001 census

Census

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, of which were male

Male

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 and were female

Female

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.
As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 249,144 of which are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II

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Religion

Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:

Census 2001
religious adherence	population	%
Orthodox Christians	215,434	80.94%
Muslim Muslim A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable... s	41,997	15.78%
Roman Catholics	567	0.21%
Protestants Protestantism Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...	482	0.18%
Other	1,596	0.60%
Religion not mentioned	6,081	2.29%
total	266,157	100%

External links

• Ruse Province
• Ruse municipality
• Guide Bulgaria - Rousse District
• Information about the Ruse region