Strazhitsa Municipality
Strazhitsa Municipality is a municipality in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Central-North 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 embraces a territory of 512 km² with a population of 14,742 inhabitants, as of December 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 :
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population
|
| 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.
