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]

• 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.