Veliko Gradià ¡te (, ; ) is a town and municipality located in the BraniÃÂevo 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.
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 Gradià ¡te, 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 (as of 2011 census):
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):