Dragodan

Dragodan
Драгодан
Village
Dragodan is located in Bulgaria
Dragodan
Dragodan
Location within Bulgaria
Coordinates: 42°7′N 23°1′E / 42.117°N 23.017°E / 42.117; 23.017
Country Bulgaria
ProvinceKyustendil Province
MunicipalityKocherinovo
Area
 • Total
8.733 km2 (3.372 sq mi)
Elevation
386 m (1,266 ft)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total
86
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
2625

Dragodan (Bulgarian: Драгодан) is a village in Kocherinovo Municipality, Kyustendil Province, south-western Bulgaria. As of 2013 it has 94 inhabitants. 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.

Citations

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

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