| Strazhitsa Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Община Стражица |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Veliko Tarnovo |
| Subdivision Name2: | Strazhitsa |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 43.25°N 83°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 512 |
| Population As Of: | December 2009 |
| Population Total: | 14,742 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Strazhitsa Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Стражица in Bulgarian pronounced as /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.
The municipality has an area of 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.
Strazhitsa Municipality includes the following 22 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population[2] [3] [4] (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 |
The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.