Veliko Gradište

Veliko Gradište is a town and municipality located in the Braničevo District of eastern Serbia. It is located on the right bank of the Danube River and left bank of the Pek River. In 2022, the town had a total population of 5,518 and the municipality had a population of 15,455.

Name

The name means 'large medieval fortified settlement' in Serbian. Names in other languages:.

Thracians and Dacians lived in the region prior to the Roman conquering of the Balkans in the 1st century BC, when the town was known as "Pincum", in the province of Upper Moesia. The Pincum relief of the Trojan Cycle depicting Achilles and Hector was found in Ritopek.

Aside from the town of Veliko Gradište, the municipality includes the following settlements:

As of 2011 census, the municipality has 17,610 inhabitants.

The ethnic composition of the municipality is given in the following table :

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity :

Activity	Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	109
Mining and quarrying	10
Manufacturing	303
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	22
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	29
Construction	155
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	526
Transportation and storage	171
Accommodation and food services	251
Information and communication	24
Financial and insurance activities	46
Real estate activities	1
Professional, scientific and technical activities	87
Administrative and support service activities	39
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security	292
Education	284
Human health and social work activities	143
Arts, entertainment and recreation	50
Other service activities	74
Individual agricultural workers	963
Total	3,579