Kudelin
{{for|the Bulgarian ruler|Darman and Kudelin}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Kudelin
|native_name = Куделин
|native_name_lang = bg
|settlement_type = Village
|image_skyline = „Възнесение Господне“, Куделин.jpg
|coordinates = {{coord|44.191667|N|22.668056|E}}
|elevation_m = 199
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Bulgaria{{cite web|url=https://www.mirela.bg/en/off-plan-properties/village-of-Kudelin-zxc25q1596.html|title=Village of Kudelin|website=mirela.bg|accessdate=22 April 2021}}
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Vidin
|subdivision_type2 = Municipality
|subdivision_name2 = Bregovo
|area_total_km2 = 7.556
|postal_code_type = Postcode
|postal_code = 3798
|area_code_type = Telephone code
|area_code = 09312
|pushpin_map = Bulgaria
|pushpin_map_caption = Location of Kudelin within Bulgaria
}}
Kudelin ({{langx|bg|Куделин}}) is a village in the Bregovo Municipality of the Vidin Province of Bulgaria.
Geography
Kudelin lies mostly on a plain lying around {{convert|200|m|abbr=on}} above sea level, the square in front of the town hall being the highest terrestrial point. It is about {{convert|1.5|to|2|km|yd|-2|abbr=on}} 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.{{cn|date=April 2021}}
At the 2011 census, the population was 385, of which 96.1% were ethnically Bulgarian.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nsi.bg/census2011/PDOCS2/Census2011_ethnos.xls|title=НАСЕЛЕНИЕ ПО ОБЛАСТИ, ОБЩИНИ, НАСЕЛЕНИ МЕСТА И САМООПРЕДЕЛЕНИЕ ПО ЕТНИЧЕСКА ПРИНАДЛЕЖНОСТ КЪМ 1.02.2011 ГОДИНА|date=21 December 2011|language=bg|trans-title=Ethnic population distribution in Bulgarian localities|publisher=National Statistical Institute (Bulgaria)|accessdate=22 April 2021}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nsi.bg/census2011/PDOCS2/Census2011_Age.xls|title=НАСЕЛЕНИЕ КЪМ 01.02.2011 Г. ПО ОБЛАСТИ, ОБЩИНИ, НАСЕЛЕНИ МЕСТА И ВЪЗРАСТ|date=21 December 2011|language=bg|
trans-title=Age distribution in Bulgarian localities|publisher=National Statistical Institute (Bulgaria)|accessdate=22 April 2021}}
Local people earn their living mainly from cereal farming. The Danube and Timok rivers are used for recreation and fishing.
History
Historically, the village was called "Wallachian Rakovica" ({{langx|bg|Влашка Раковица}}). In 1934 it was renamed{{cite web|url=https://www.nsi.bg/nrnm/show2.php?sid=17194&ezik=en&e=96126|title=Information for Kudelin village, Bregovo municipality, Vidin district as of 14.08.1934|accessdate=22 April 2021|publisher=National Statistical Institute (Bulgaria)}} 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.{{cite journal|url=http://www.archives.government.bg/uploaded_files/sprav_09_all.pdf|language=bg|journal=Македоно-одринското опълчение 1912-1913|title=г. : Личен състав по документи на Дирекция „Централен военен архив“. София, Главно управление на архивите, Дирекция „Централен военен архив“|first=В.|last=Търново|publisher=Архивни справочници|date=2006|accessdate=22 April 2021|isbn=954-9800-52-0|issue=9|volume=835}}
The first lighthouse on Bulgaria's shore of the Danube was built in Kudelin.{{cn|date=April 2021}}