Kudelin

Kudelin

Куделин
Kudelin Куделин
Village
	Kudelin
	Coordinates: 44°11′30″N 22°40′05″E / 44.191667°N 22.668056°E
Country	Bulgaria
Province	Vidin
Municipality	Bregovo
Area
• Total	7.556 km2 (2.917 sq mi)
Population
• Total	430
Postcode	3798
Telephone code	09312

Kudelin (Template:Lang-bg) is a village in the Bregovo Municipality of the Vidin Province of Bulgaria.

Geography

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

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]}

Local people earn their living mainly from cereal farming.^[1] The Danube and Timok rivers are used for recreation and fishing.

History

Historically, the village was called "Wallachian Rakovica" (Template:Lang-bg). 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.^[3]

The first lighthouse on Bulgaria's shore of the Danube was built in Kudelin.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^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.
^ 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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[mirela-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Village of Kudelin". mirela.bg. Retrieved 22 April 2021.

[nsi-2] "Information for Kudelin village, Bregovo municipality, Vidin district as of 14.08.1934". National Statistical Institute (Bulgaria). Retrieved 22 April 2021.

[3] 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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