Ruse Municipality ( bg, Община Русе) is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
(''
obshtina'') in
Ruse Province, Central-North
Bulgaria
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, located along the right bank of
Danube river
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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.
[Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009]
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Apart from the cultural heritage of the main city, the area is best known with the Danube Bridge
The Danube Bridge (also known as the Friendship Bridge; bg, Мост на дружбата, ''Most na druzhbata'' or, more commonly, Дунав Mост, ''Dunav most''; ro, Podul Prieteniei or ''Podul de la Giurgiu'') is a steel truss bridge ...
, the first bridge over the Danube in Bulgaria.
The main roads E85
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In the United States, the exact ratio of fuel ethanol to hydrocarbon may vary according to ASTM 5798 that ...
, E70 and II-21 crosses the municipality, connecting the province centre of Ruse with the cities of Veliko Tarnovo
Veliko Tarnovo ( bg, Велико Търново, Veliko Tărnovo, ; "Great Tarnovo") is a town in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province.
Often referred as the "''City of the Tsars''", Veliko Tarnovo ...
, Pleven, Razgrad
Razgrad ( bg, Разград ) is a city in Northeastern Bulgaria in the valley of the Beli Lom river that falls within the historical and geographical region of Ludogorie (Deliorman). It is an administrative center of Razgrad Province.
Etymolog ...
and Silistra.
Settlements
Ruse Municipality includes the following 14 places (towns are shown in bold):
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
This is a complete list of all cities and towns in Bulgaria sorted by population. Province capitals are shown in bold. Primary sources are the National Statistical Institute (NSI) and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
The largest city is Sofia ...
References
External links
Official website
{{Authority control
Municipalities in Ruse Province