| Knezha Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Община Кнежа |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pleven |
| Subdivision Name2: | Knezha |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 43.4667°N 32°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 317.83 |
| Population As Of: | December 2009 |
| Population Total: | 14,839 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Knezha Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Кнежа) is a municipality (obshtina) in Pleven Province, Northern Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Knezha.
The municipality embraces a territory of 317.83 km2 with a population, as of December 2009, of 14,839 inhabitants.[1]
(towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2] [3] [4] (December 2009) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knezha | Кнежа | 11,191 | |
| Brenitsa | Бреница | 2,039 | |
| Enitsa | Еница | 1,098 | |
| Lazarovo | Лазарово | 511 | |
| Total | 14,839 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following: