Kudelin (Bulgarian: Куделин) is a village in the Bregovo Municipality of the Vidin Province of Bulgaria.
Kudelin
Куделин | |
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Village | |
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  Kudelin Location of Kudelin within Bulgaria | |
| Coordinates: 44°11′30″N 22°40′05″E / 44.191667°N 22.668056°E | |
| Country | Bulgaria[1] |
| Province | Vidin[1] |
| Municipality | Bregovo[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.556 km2 (2.917 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 199 m (653 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 430[1] |
| Postcode | 3798 |
| Telephone code | 09312 |
Geography edit
Kudelin lies mostly on a plain lying around 200 m (660 ft) above sea level,[2] the square in front of the town hall being the highest terrestrial point. It is about 1.5 to 2 km (1,600 to 2,200 yd) east of the River Timok, which forms the border with Serbia from its mouth at the confluence with the River Danube to the north to the border with Romania to the southeast.
Demography edit
In 1934, the population of Kudelin was 433. By 1975 it reached its maximum of 586, decreasing to 405 people by 2001, and 317 by 2018.[citation needed]
At the 2011 census, the population was 385, of which 96.1% were ethnically Bulgarian.[3][4]
Local people earn their living mainly from cereal farming.[1] The Danube and Timok rivers are used for recreation and fishing.
History edit
Historically, the village was called "Wallachian Rakovica" (Bulgarian: Влашка Раковица). In 1934 it was renamed[2] after Kudelin, a joint ruler of Braničevo at the end of the 13th century.
At the outbreak of First Balkan War in 1912, a local man enlisted in the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps.[5]
The first lighthouse on Bulgaria's shore of the Danube was built in Kudelin.[citation needed]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f "Village of Kudelin". mirela.bg. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Information for Kudelin village, Bregovo municipality, Vidin district as of 14.08.1934". National Statistical Institute (Bulgaria). Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "НАСЕЛЕНИЕ ПО ОБЛАСТИ, ОБЩИНИ, НАСЕЛЕНИ МЕСТА И САМООПРЕДЕЛЕНИЕ ПО ЕТНИЧЕСКА ПРИНАДЛЕЖНОСТ КЪМ 1.02.2011 ГОДИНА" [Ethnic population distribution in Bulgarian localities] (in Bulgarian). National Statistical Institute (Bulgaria). 21 December 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "НАСЕЛЕНИЕ КЪМ 01.02.2011 Г. ПО ОБЛАСТИ, ОБЩИНИ, НАСЕЛЕНИ МЕСТА И ВЪЗРАСТ" [Age distribution in Bulgarian localities] (in Bulgarian). National Statistical Institute (Bulgaria). 21 December 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ Търново, В. (2006). "г. : Личен състав по документи на Дирекция „Централен военен архив". София, Главно управление на архивите, Дирекция „Централен военен архив"" (PDF). Македоно-одринското опълчение 1912-1913 (in Bulgarian). 835 (9). Архивни справочници. ISBN 954-9800-52-0. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
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