Strazhitsa Municipality ( ) is a municipality (obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province, north-central Bulgaria, located mostly in the Danubian Plain but also covering parts of the so-called Fore-Balkan. It is named after its administrative centre – the town of Strazhitsa.
The municipality has an area of and a population of 14,742 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
The Hemus motorway is planned to cross the area, connecting the capital city of Sofia with the port of Varna on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.
Settlements
Strazhitsa Municipality includes the following 22 places (towns are shown in bold): Town/Village Cyrillic Population Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian towns in 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants – December 2009 Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian Settlements 1000–5000 inhabitants – December 2009(December 2009) Strazhitsa Стражица 5,170 Asenovo Асеново 705 Balkantsi Балканци 159 Blagoevo Благоево 449 Bryagovitsa Бряговица 500 Gorski Senovets Горски Сеновец 358 Kavlak Кавлак 79 Kamen Камен 1,651 Kesarevo Кесарево 1,608 Lozen Лозен 456 Lyubentsi Любенци 8 Mirovo Мирово 178 Nikolaevo Николаево 125 Nova Varbovka Нова Върбовка 319 Novo Gradishte Ново градище 145 Sushitsa Сушица 866 Temenuga Теменуга 30 Tsarski Izvor Царски извор 821 Vinograd Виноград 773 Vladislav Владислав 295 Vodno Водно 11 Zhelezartsi Железарци 36 Total 14,742
Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
See also Provinces of Bulgaria Municipalities of Bulgaria List of cities and towns in Bulgaria
References
External links Official website