Dragodan
Village
Native nameДрагодан
CountryBulgaria
ProvinceKyustendil Province
MunicipalityKocherinovo
Area total8.733 km²
Population as of2013
Population total86
Time zoneEET (UTC+2)
Time zone (DST)EEST (UTC+3)
Elevation386 m
Postal code2625
Coordinates42°7′N 23°1′E

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. ^ "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.