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Ruse

Ruse lies in the western part of the largest Danube lowlands - the Pobrezhie lowland. Ruse’s population was 161 453 in 2001, making it the fifth largest cities in Bulgaria. The city’s average altitude is 46 m. Ruse is an ancient Bulgarian borough and a port on the Danube River. People settled here in ancient times, since the river provided a living. Ruse is a strategic northern gate to Bulgaria as via the Danube River the country is open to Central and West Europe. Hence it is the biggest Bulgarian river port. In terms of cargo turnover, in better times it ranked from the sixth to the third busiest port among the principal ports of the other countries on the Danube alongside with Reni, Galati, Izmail, Budapest and Linz. The only bridge in the Bulgarian section of the Danube River is built in Ruse linking it with the Romanian city of Giurgiu The Ruse Large Urban Zone (LUZ) has almost 190,000 inhabitants

CITY AND LUZ LEVEL

	CITY		QUINTILES Comparison with UA cities						LUZ
			Low				High
INDICATORS	YEAR	SCORE	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	CASES	YEAR	SCORE	Ratio City:LUZ
DEMOGRAPHY
Total resident population	2001	161,453						353	1991	201,410
Total annual population change over 5 yrs.	2001	-1%						218
Percentage of households that are 1-person households	2001	23%						297	2001	23%	1:1.02
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households	2001	4%						273	2001	3%	1:0.91
Average size of households
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Average price per m2 for an apartment
Average price per m2 for a house
Percentage of households living in owned dwellings	2001	84%						305	2001	86%	1:1.02
Percentage of households living in social housing	1991	3%						82	2001	7%
Average living area in m2 per person	2001	13						229	2001	14	1:1.05
Number of recorded crimes per 1,000 population	2001	6.94						250
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate	2001	14%						308	2001	15%	1:1.06
Unemployment rate - female	2001	16%						307	2001	17%	1:1.06
Employment rate	2001	65%						273
Activity rate	2001	70%						307	2001	70%	1:0.99
GDP per head (€)	2001	€1,673						296	2001	€268	1:0.16
Median disposable annual household income(€)
Percentage of households receiving less than half of the national average household income
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
Percentage of registered electorate voting in city elections	2004	34%						193
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
No. of children aged 0-4 in day care per 1,000 children 0-4	2001	108						234	2001	100	1:0.93
% of working age population with only primary education
% of working age population with tertiary education
ENVIRONMENT
Summer Smog: No. of days ozone (O3) exceeds 120µg/m3	2001	1						221
Number of days PM10 concentrations exceed 50 µg/m3	2001	0						201
Amount of solid waste collected (domestic and commercial) - tonnes per capita per annum	2001	0.88						217
Percentage of solid waste processed by landfill	2001	41%						177
Green space to which the public has access (m2 per capita)
Population density (residents per km2)	2001	1,305						272	2001	186	1:0.14
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL
Percentage of journeys to work by car
Average time of journey to work (mins.)

SUB CITY LEVEL

7 SUB-CITY DISTRICTS	Average Population: 23065		Comparison of Sub-City Districts
INDICATORS		YEAR	LOWEST	CITY SCORE	HIGHEST	RATIO Lowest:Highest
DEMOGRAPHY
Percentage of total population aged 0-4		2001	3%	4%	5%	1:1.48
Percentage of households that are 1-person households		2001	16%	23%	33%	1:2.02
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households		2001	3%	4%	4%	1:1.78
Percentage of households that are lone-pensioner households		2001	7%	10%	14%	1:2.10
Average size of households
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Proportion of dwellings lacking basic amenities		2001	0%	9%	8%	1:768
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate
Percentage of unemployed who are under age 25
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
% of working age population with only primary education
% of working age population with secondary education
% of working age population with tertiary education
ENVIRONMENT
Population density (residents per km2)