Strazhitsa_Municipality

Strazhitsa Municipality

Strazhitsa Municipality

Municipality in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

Strazhitsa Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Стражица [opʃtiˈna ˈstraʒit͡sɐ]) 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.

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The municipality has an area of 512 km2 (198 sq mi) and a population of 14,742 inhabitants, as of December 2009.[1]

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):

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Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.

Strazhitsa Municipality
Year 1975 1985 1992 2001 2005 2007 2009 2011
Population 23,750 20,542 18,534 16,504 15,723 15,214 14,742 ...
Sources: Census 2001,[5] Census 2011,[6] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[7]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian provinces and municipalities in 2009
  2. [2]
    (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian towns in 2009
  3. [3]
    (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian villages under 1000 inhabitants – December 2009
  4. [4]
    (in English) Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – Bulgarian Settlements 1000–5000 inhabitants – December 2009
  5. [5]
    National Statistical Institute – Census 2001
  6. [6]
    „pop-stat.mashke.org“
  7. [7]
    "Population of Bulgarian divisions". Pop-stat.mashke.org. 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
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