Gradac ( sr-Cyrl, Градац) is a small

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

in the

Pljevlja Municipality Pljevlja Municipality is located in Northern Montenegro. It covers an area of 1,346 km² and had a population of 30,786 at the 2011 census. Geography and location The highest point of the municipality is on the Ljubišnja mountain at an altitud ...

of northern

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. It Montenegro's northernmost settlement with town status and is located in the

Sandžak Sandžak (Serbian Cyrillic: ; ) is a historical and geo-political region in the Balkans, located in the southwestern part of Serbia and the eastern part of Montenegro. The Bosnian/ Serbian term ''Sandžak'' derives from the Sanjak of Novi Paza ...

region close to the borders with

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

and

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. Gradac is located along the road to the northwest of the town of

Pljevlja Pljevlja (, ) is a town located in the Northern Montenegro, Northern Region of Montenegro, situated along Ćehotina, Ćehotina river. The town lies at an altitude of . In the Middle Ages, Pljevlja had been a crossroad of the important commercial ...

;

Flysch Flysch () is a sequence of sedimentary rock layers that progress from deep-water and turbidity flow deposits to shallow-water shales and sandstones. It is deposited when a deep basin forms rapidly on the continental side of a mountain building ep ...

-like rocks are said to be "exposed in the area of Gradac village, on the Pljevlja-Gradac road".

Demographics

According to the 2003 census, the village had a population of 364 people. According to the 2011 census, its population was 296.

Economy

Wood processing and lead and zinc mining is conducted in the region, and Gradac has flotation facilities. The town has the dumpsite of the lead and zinc mine "Suplja stijena".

References

Populated places in Pljevlja Municipality {{Pljevlja-geo-stub