# Veliko Gradište

Veliko Gradište (Serbian Cyrillic: Велико Градиште, pronounced; Romanian: Grădiștea Mare) 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: Romanian: Grădiștea Mare.

## History

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.

## Settlements

Aside from the town of Veliko Gradište, the municipality includes the following settlements:
* Biskuplje
* Veliko Gradište
* Garevo
* Desine
* Doljašnica
* Đurakovo
* Zatonje
* Kamijevo
* Kisiljevo
* Kumane
* Kurjače
* Kusiće
* Ljubinje
* Majilovac
* Makce
* Ostrovo
* Pečanica
* Požeženo
* Popovac
* Ram
* Sirakovo
* Srednjevo
* Topolovnik
* Tribrode
* Carevac
* Češljeva Bara

## Demographics

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

### Ethnic groups

The ethnic composition of the municipality is given in the following table (as of 2011 census):
| Ethnic group | Population | % |
| Serbs | 16,291 | 92.51% |
| Vlachs | 382 | 2.17% |
| Roma | 258 | 1.47% |
| Romanians (self-declared) | 65 | 0.37% |
| Others | 614 | 3.49% |
| Total | 17,610 | |

## Climate

Climate data for Veliko Gradište (1991–2020, extremes 1961–2020) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.8 (65.8) | 22.2 (72.0) | 28.0 (82.4) | 31.6 (88.9) | 35.3 (95.5) | 38.6 (101.5) | 43.6 (110.5) | 40.6 (105.1) | 36.7 (98.1) | 31.7 (89.1) | 27.1 (80.8) | 18.0 (64.4) | 43.6 (110.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) | 7.0 (44.6) | 12.8 (55.0) | 18.7 (65.7) | 23.5 (74.3) | 27.3 (81.1) | 29.7 (85.5) | 29.9 (85.8) | 24.2 (75.6) | 18.1 (64.6) | 11.3 (52.3) | 5.0 (41.0) | 17.6 (63.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.5 (32.9) | 2.2 (36.0) | 6.8 (44.2) | 12.3 (54.1) | 17.1 (62.8) | 20.8 (69.4) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.2 (72.0) | 17.2 (63.0) | 11.9 (53.4) | 6.9 (44.4) | 1.7 (35.1) | 11.9 (53.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.8 (27.0) | −1.9 (28.6) | 1.5 (34.7) | 6.3 (43.3) | 10.8 (51.4) | 14.2 (57.6) | 15.6 (60.1) | 15.5 (59.9) | 11.6 (52.9) | 7.2 (45.0) | 3.2 (37.8) | −1.3 (29.7) | 6.7 (44.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −26.4 (−15.5) | −23.8 (−10.8) | −19.6 (−3.3) | −7.9 (17.8) | −1.1 (30.0) | 2.4 (36.3) | 5.9 (42.6) | 5.3 (41.5) | −2.1 (28.2) | −8.0 (17.6) | −14.2 (6.4) | −19.4 (−2.9) | −26.4 (−15.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 44.6 (1.76) | 41.6 (1.64) | 41.5 (1.63) | 56.5 (2.22) | 73.2 (2.88) | 76.0 (2.99) | 76.3 (3.00) | 52.3 (2.06) | 58.9 (2.32) | 54.3 (2.14) | 45.4 (1.79) | 49.2 (1.94) | 669.8 (26.37) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.2 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 12.2 | 13.6 | 12.0 | 10.3 | 7.8 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 13.3 | 136.2 |
| Average snowy days | 9.0 | 7.0 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 6.5 | 28.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 82.8 | 77.6 | 69.2 | 67.3 | 70.2 | 70.8 | 68.0 | 67.6 | 71.6 | 75.7 | 79.0 | 84.0 | 73.7 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 69.5 | 96.5 | 159.3 | 197.8 | 236.8 | 266.5 | 301.3 | 290.9 | 204.8 | 156.3 | 93.7 | 59.3 | 2,132.4 |
| Source: Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia ||||||||||||||

## Economy

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):
| 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 |

## Notable people

* Žanka Stokić, actress
* Philip Zepter, businessman