Rousse_Province

Ruse Province

Ruse Province

Province of Bulgaria

Ruse Province (Bulgarian: Област Русе, romanized: Oblast Ruse), or Rusenska Oblast (Bulgarian: Русенска област, former name Ruse okrug) 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 February 2011, of 235,252 inhabitants.[2][3][4]

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The Danube Bridge, one of only two bridges opened over the Danube, 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 (област, oblast) contains eight municipalities (община, obshtina; plural общини, obshtini). 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.

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Demographics

Ruse Freedom Monument
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The Ruse province had a population of 266,213 (266,157 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female.[8]

As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 249,144[2] of which 25.8% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.[9]

Ethnic groups

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Total population (2011 census): 235 252[10]

Ethnic groups (2011 census):[11] Identified themselves: 216,612 persons:

  • Bulgarians: 176,413 (81,44%)
  • Turks: 28,658 (13,23%)
  • Romani: 8,615 (3,98%)
  • Others and indefinable: 2,926 (1,35%)

Ethnic groups according to the 2001 census, when 266,157 people of the population of 266,213 of Rousse Province identified themselves (with percentage of total population):[12]

Religion

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Religious adherence in the province according to 2001 census:[13]

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See also

References

  1. [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. [2]
    (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  3. [3]
    (in English) „WorldCityPopulation“
  4. [4]
    „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  5. [5]
    (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009
  6. [6]
    „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  7. [7]
    "Divisions of Bulgaria" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2024-04-03.
  8. [8]
    (in Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by Area and Sex from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
  9. [9]
    (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Population by age in 2009 Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
  10. [10]
    (in Bulgarian) Population on 01.02.2011 by provinces, municipalities, settlements and age; National Statistical Institute
  11. [11]
    Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (in Bulgarian)
  12. [12]
    (in Bulgarian) Population to 01.03.2001 by District and Ethnic Group from Bulgarian National Statistical Institute: Census 2001
  13. [13]
    (in Bulgarian) Religious adherence in Bulgaria - census 2001
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