Dragodan

Dragodan
Драгодан
Village
Dragodan
Location of Dragodan
Coordinates: 42°7′N 23°1′E / 42.117°N 23.017°E / 42.117; 23.017
Country  Bulgaria
Province Kyustendil Province
Municipality Kocherinovo
Area
 • Total 8.733 km2 (3.372 sq mi)
Elevation 386 m (1,266 ft)
Population (2013)[1]
 • Total 86
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Dragodan (Bulgarian: Драгодан) is a village in Kocherinovo Municipality, Kyustendil Province, south-western Bulgaria. As of 2013 it has 94 inhabitants.[1] It is situated close to the right bank of the Struma River to the north of the village of Borovets, at some 2 km to the north-west of the municipal centre Kocherinovo.

At the outbreak of the First Balkan War in 1912 one person from Dragodan joined the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps that was formed in support the Bulgarian war effort against the Ottoman Empire.[2]

Citations

  1. 1 2 "Dragodan". Guide Bulgaria. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps 1912-1913. Personnel 2006, p. 832

References

  • Collective (2006). Македоно-одринското опълчение 1912-1913 г. Личен състав [Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps 1912-1913. Personnel] (in Bulgarian). София (Sofia): Главно управление на архивите (General Department of Archives). ISBN 954-9800-52-0.
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