City profile · Bulgaria · Europe
Ruse
Ruse · Bulgaria
City population
121,168
#6
in Bulgaria
#4,717
worldwide
43.849, 25.953 · 248 km from Sofia
About Ruse
Ruse is a city in Ruse, Bulgaria with a population of 121,168. It is the 6th largest of the 55 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Bulgaria, and the 4,717th largest worldwide. It lies 248 km from Sofia.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Ruse
Elevation
39 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Sofia
Coordinates
43.849, 25.953
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 55 in BulgariaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.